Re: [PATCH 18/21] ext4: remove unnecessary goto in ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used

From: Ojaswin Mujoo
Date: Mon Feb 13 2023 - 14:59:20 EST


On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 03:48:22AM +0800, Kemeng Shi wrote:
> When ext4_read_block_bitmap fails, we can return PTR_ERR(bitmap_bh) to
> remove unnecessary NULL check of bitmap_bh.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> index f9fc461b633f..7d6991af50d8 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> @@ -3739,9 +3739,7 @@ ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
>
> bitmap_bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap(sb, ac->ac_b_ex.fe_group);
> if (IS_ERR(bitmap_bh)) {
> - err = PTR_ERR(bitmap_bh);
> - bitmap_bh = NULL;

It's probably trivial but the fact that we no longer have `bitmap_bh =
NULL` is making me a bit paranoid. Although I think it should be
okay but maybe someone else can help double check this :)

> - goto out_err;
> + return PTR_ERR(bitmap_bh);
> }
>
> BUFFER_TRACE(bitmap_bh, "getting write access");
> --
> 2.30.0
>