btree: fix merge logic to use btree_last() return value
From: Guan-Chun.Wu
Date: Fri Aug 22 2025 - 05:00:30 EST
Previously btree_merge() called btree_last() only to test existence,
then performed an extra btree_lookup() to fetch the value. This patch
changes it to directly use the value returned by btree_last(), avoiding
redundant lookups and simplifying the merge loop.
Signed-off-by: Guan-Chun.Wu <409411716@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/btree.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/btree.c b/lib/btree.c
index bb81d3393ac5..9c80c0c7bba8 100644
--- a/lib/btree.c
+++ b/lib/btree.c
@@ -653,9 +653,9 @@ int btree_merge(struct btree_head *target, struct btree_head *victim,
* walks to remove a single object from the victim.
*/
for (;;) {
- if (!btree_last(victim, geo, key))
+ val = btree_last(victim, geo, key);
+ if (!val)
break;
- val = btree_lookup(victim, geo, key);
err = btree_insert(target, geo, key, val, gfp);
if (err)
return err;
--
2.34.1