Re: [PATCH] ocfs2: remove unnecessary ret variable in ocfs2_calc_xattr_init()

[Joseph Qi]

Hi,
This has already been addressed by:
ed57836ff300 ocfs2: make ocfs2_calc_xattr_init() return void

Thanks,
Joseph

On 9/7/26 9:22 PM, Krystian Kaniewski wrote:
> Commit bd7c05fb4a47 ("ocfs2: fix circular locking dependency in
> ocfs2_init_acl()") removed the only code that could change ret in
> ocfs2_calc_xattr_init(). The variable is now always zero, so remove it
> and return zero directly.
> 
> This fixes the reported Coccinelle warning without changing behavior.
> 
> Fixes: bd7c05fb4a47 ("ocfs2: fix circular locking dependency in ocfs2_init_acl()")
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202609040247.8B3lmoqX-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Krystian Kaniewski <krystianmkaniewski@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/ocfs2/xattr.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
> index 35bcbb0ff607..ab3b645983c9 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
> @@ -640,7 +640,6 @@ int ocfs2_calc_xattr_init(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode,
>  			  int *want_clusters, int *xattr_credits,
>  			  int *want_meta, struct ocfs2_acl_state *acl_state)
>  {
> -	int ret = 0;
>  	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb);
>  	int s_size = 0, a_size = 0, acl_len = 0, new_clusters;
>  
> @@ -662,7 +661,7 @@ int ocfs2_calc_xattr_init(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode,
>  	}
>  
>  	if (!(s_size + a_size))
> -		return ret;
> +		return 0;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * The max space of security xattr taken inline is
> @@ -729,7 +728,7 @@ int ocfs2_calc_xattr_init(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode,
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	return ret;
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static int ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation(struct inode *inode,
> 
> base-commit: bc35965f6940a9bf834d54187b6088b8eb09206d