Re: ext4: convert file system to meta_bg if needed during resizing

From: Theodore Y. Ts'o
Date: Sat Feb 29 2020 - 12:43:11 EST


On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 12:39:34AM +0000, Colin Ian King wrote:
> Hi,
>
> static analysis with Coverity has found an issue in function
> ext4_convert_meta_bg() with the following commit
>
> commit 1c6bd7173d66b3dfdefcedb38cabc1fb03997509
> Author: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu Sep 13 10:19:24 2012 -0400
>
> ext4: convert file system to meta_bg if needed during resizing
>
> The analysis is as follows:
>
> 1898
> 1899 errout:
> 1900 ret = ext4_journal_stop(handle);
> 1901 if (!err)
>
> Unused value (UNUSED_VALUE)assigned_value: Assigning value from ret to
> err here, but that stored value is not used.
>
> 1902 err = ret;
> 1903 return ret;

Line 1903 should be "return err".

Want to send a patch, or shall I just commit the fix?

- Ted