On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 11:12 AM Luis Henriques <lhenriques@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Before returning, function ceph_fname_to_usr() does a final IS_ERR() check
> in 'dir':
>
> if ((dir != fname->dir) && !IS_ERR(dir)) {...}
>
> This check is unnecessary because, if the 'dir' variable has changed to
> something other than 'fname->dir' (it's initial value), that error check has
> been performed already and, if there was indeed an error, it would have
> been returned immediately.
>
> Besides, this useless IS_ERR() is also confusing static analysis tools.
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202309282202.xZxGdvS3-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <lhenriques@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ceph/crypto.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ceph/crypto.c b/fs/ceph/crypto.c
> index e4d5cd56a80b..e19019209cf0 100644
> --- a/fs/ceph/crypto.c
> +++ b/fs/ceph/crypto.c
> @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ int ceph_fname_to_usr(const struct ceph_fname *fname, struct fscrypt_str *tname,
> out:
> fscrypt_fname_free_buffer(&_tname);
> out_inode:
> - if ((dir != fname->dir) && !IS_ERR(dir)) {
> + if (dir != fname->dir) {
> if ((dir->i_state & I_NEW))
> discard_new_inode(dir);
> else
Applied.
Thanks,
Ilya
