linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: return 0 when ext4_get_group_info failed in __mb_check

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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 20:33:55 +0800
From: yangerkun <yangerkun@...wei.com>
To: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>, <tytso@....edu>,
	<adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, <jack@...e.cz>
CC: <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: return 0 when ext4_get_group_info failed in
 __mb_check_buddy



在 2024/1/2 20:17, Kemeng Shi 写道:
> 
> 
> on 1/2/2024 7:20 PM, yangerkun wrote:
>> The return value for __mb_check_buddy should be a integer. Found this by
>> code review.
>>
> Hi yangerkun,
> I think the return value of __mb_check_buddy is actually not used and can
> be removed. See [1] for details :). Thanks!

Hi Kemeng,

Yeah, the return value nowdays help nothing, it's a good choice to 
remove them all.

Thanks.

> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231125161143.3945726-2-shikemeng@huaweicloud.com/
> 
>> Fixes: 5354b2af3406 ("ext4: allow ext4_get_group_info() to fail")
>> Signed-off-by: yangerkun <yangerkun@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>   fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
>> index d72b5e3c92ec..55c70a1b445a 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
>> @@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ static int __mb_check_buddy(struct ext4_buddy *e4b, char *file,
>>   
>>   	grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, e4b->bd_group);
>>   	if (!grp)
>> -		return NULL;
>> +		return 0;
>>   	list_for_each(cur, &grp->bb_prealloc_list) {
>>   		ext4_group_t groupnr;
>>   		struct ext4_prealloc_space *pa;
>>
>