The patch titled ext[234]: remove unused argument for ext[234]_find_goal() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ext-remove-unused-argument-for-ext_find_goal.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: ext[234]: remove unused argument for ext[234]_find_goal() From: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx> The argument chain for ext[234]_find_goal() is not used. This patch removes it and fixes comment as well. Cc: <linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext2/inode.c | 7 ++----- fs/ext3/inode.c | 8 +++----- fs/ext4/inode.c | 9 +++------ 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ext2/inode.c~ext-remove-unused-argument-for-ext_find_goal fs/ext2/inode.c --- a/fs/ext2/inode.c~ext-remove-unused-argument-for-ext_find_goal +++ a/fs/ext2/inode.c @@ -286,15 +286,12 @@ static unsigned long ext2_find_near(stru * ext2_find_goal - find a prefered place for allocation. * @inode: owner * @block: block we want - * @chain: chain of indirect blocks * @partial: pointer to the last triple within a chain * * Returns preferred place for a block (the goal). */ -static inline int ext2_find_goal(struct inode *inode, - long block, - Indirect chain[4], +static inline int ext2_find_goal(struct inode *inode, long block, Indirect *partial) { struct ext2_block_alloc_info *block_i; @@ -639,7 +636,7 @@ reread: if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && (!ei->i_block_alloc_info)) ext2_init_block_alloc_info(inode); - goal = ext2_find_goal(inode, iblock, chain, partial); + goal = ext2_find_goal(inode, iblock, partial); /* the number of blocks need to allocate for [d,t]indirect blocks */ indirect_blks = (chain + depth) - partial - 1; diff -puN fs/ext3/inode.c~ext-remove-unused-argument-for-ext_find_goal fs/ext3/inode.c --- a/fs/ext3/inode.c~ext-remove-unused-argument-for-ext_find_goal +++ a/fs/ext3/inode.c @@ -439,16 +439,14 @@ static ext3_fsblk_t ext3_find_near(struc * ext3_find_goal - find a prefered place for allocation. * @inode: owner * @block: block we want - * @chain: chain of indirect blocks * @partial: pointer to the last triple within a chain - * @goal: place to store the result. * * Normally this function find the prefered place for block allocation, - * stores it in *@goal and returns zero. + * returns it. */ static ext3_fsblk_t ext3_find_goal(struct inode *inode, long block, - Indirect chain[4], Indirect *partial) + Indirect *partial) { struct ext3_block_alloc_info *block_i; @@ -884,7 +882,7 @@ int ext3_get_blocks_handle(handle_t *han if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && (!ei->i_block_alloc_info)) ext3_init_block_alloc_info(inode); - goal = ext3_find_goal(inode, iblock, chain, partial); + goal = ext3_find_goal(inode, iblock, partial); /* the number of blocks need to allocate for [d,t]indirect blocks */ indirect_blks = (chain + depth) - partial - 1; diff -puN fs/ext4/inode.c~ext-remove-unused-argument-for-ext_find_goal fs/ext4/inode.c --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c~ext-remove-unused-argument-for-ext_find_goal +++ a/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -428,16 +428,13 @@ static ext4_fsblk_t ext4_find_near(struc * ext4_find_goal - find a prefered place for allocation. * @inode: owner * @block: block we want - * @chain: chain of indirect blocks * @partial: pointer to the last triple within a chain - * @goal: place to store the result. * * Normally this function find the prefered place for block allocation, - * stores it in *@goal and returns zero. + * returns it. */ - static ext4_fsblk_t ext4_find_goal(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t block, - Indirect chain[4], Indirect *partial) + Indirect *partial) { struct ext4_block_alloc_info *block_i; @@ -836,7 +833,7 @@ int ext4_get_blocks_handle(handle_t *han if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && (!ei->i_block_alloc_info)) ext4_init_block_alloc_info(inode); - goal = ext4_find_goal(inode, iblock, chain, partial); + goal = ext4_find_goal(inode, iblock, partial); /* the number of blocks need to allocate for [d,t]indirect blocks */ indirect_blks = (chain + depth) - partial - 1; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx are git-net.patch git-battery.patch fs-use-hlist_unhashed.patch fs-use-list_for_each_entry_reverse-and-kill-sb_entry.patch ext-fix-comment-for-nonexistent-variable.patch ext-use-ext_get_group_desc.patch ext-remove-unused-argument-for-ext_find_goal.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html