Re: [PATCH] truncate: drop 'oldsize' truncate_pagecache() parameter

From: Zach Brown
Date: Mon Jul 29 2013 - 17:51:51 EST


> @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static void adfs_write_failed(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t to)
> struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
>
> if (to > inode->i_size)
> - truncate_pagecache(inode, to, inode->i_size);
> + truncate_pagecache(inode, inode->i_size);
> }

All these _write_failed() boiler plate functions still technically use
'to', so I *guess* they can stay :).

> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ int btrfs_truncate_free_space_cache(struct btrfs_root *root,
>
> oldsize = i_size_read(inode);
> btrfs_i_size_write(inode, 0);
> - truncate_pagecache(inode, oldsize, 0);
> + truncate_pagecache(inode, 0);

But after this change 'oldsize' is set but never used. That'll generate
a warning on some versions of gcc.

Can you redo the patch with an eye to removing unused arguments and
variables further up the call stack?

- z
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