linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext2: delete incorrect comment for ext2_blks_to

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Date:   Fri, 3 Jul 2020 19:32:15 +0800
From:   cgxu <cgxu519@...ernel.net>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext2: delete incorrect comment for
 ext2_blks_to_allocate()

On 7/3/20 6:20 PM, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Thu 02-07-20 17:56:36, Chengguang Xu wrote:
>> ext2_blks_to_allocate() only counts direct blocks need to be allocated,
>> return value does not include indirect blocks.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@...ernel.net>
>> ---
>>   fs/ext2/inode.c | 3 ---
>>   1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
>> index c8b371c82b4f..4df849e694dd 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
>> @@ -355,9 +355,6 @@ static inline ext2_fsblk_t ext2_find_goal(struct inode *inode, long block,
>>    *	@k: number of blocks need for indirect blocks
>>    *	@blks: number of data blocks to be mapped.
>>    *	@blocks_to_boundary:  the offset in the indirect block
>> - *
>> - *	return the total number of blocks to be allocate, including the
>> - *	direct and indirect blocks.
> 
> You're right the comment is wrong but instead of deleting it, I'd rather
> fix it like: "Return the number of direct blocks to allocate."
> 

That's fine, I can resend it with another comment fix together.

Thanks,
cgxu