On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 05:21 +0200, Roel Kluin wrote: > 'copied' is unsigned, whereas 'ret2' is not. The test (copied < 0) fails > While your patch is correct, we don't need it :( "copied" can never be < 0. Infact, the check itself is NOT needed. It might have been my fault to add that check, when we converted to write_begin/end interfaces :( As you can see block_write_end() never returns < 0. Thanks, Badari > Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <12o3l@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c > index eb95670..43daaae 100644 > --- a/fs/ext3/inode.c > +++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c > @@ -1261,10 +1261,11 @@ static int ext3_ordered_write_end(struct file *file, > new_i_size = pos + copied; > if (new_i_size > EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize) > EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = new_i_size; > - copied = ext3_generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, > + ret2 = ext3_generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, > page, fsdata); > - if (copied < 0) > - ret = copied; > + copied = ret2; > + if (ret2 < 0) > + ret = ret2; > } > ret2 = ext3_journal_stop(handle); > if (!ret) > @@ -1289,10 +1290,11 @@ static int ext3_writeback_write_end(struct file *file, > if (new_i_size > EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize) > EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = new_i_size; > > - copied = ext3_generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, > + ret2 = ext3_generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, > page, fsdata); > - if (copied < 0) > - ret = copied; > + copied = ret2; > + if (ret2 < 0) > + ret = ret2; > > ret2 = ext3_journal_stop(handle); > if (!ret) > diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c > index 945cbf6..47d5d73 100644 > --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c > +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c > @@ -1301,10 +1301,11 @@ static int ext4_ordered_write_end(struct file *file, > new_i_size = pos + copied; > if (new_i_size > EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize) > EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = new_i_size; > - copied = ext4_generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, > + ret2 = ext4_generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, > page, fsdata); > - if (copied < 0) > - ret = copied; > + copied = ret2; > + if (ret2 < 0) > + ret = ret2; > } > ret2 = ext4_journal_stop(handle); > if (!ret) > @@ -1329,10 +1330,11 @@ static int ext4_writeback_write_end(struct file *file, > if (new_i_size > EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize) > EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = new_i_size; > > - copied = ext4_generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, > + ret2 = ext4_generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, > page, fsdata); > - if (copied < 0) > - ret = copied; > + copied = ret2; > + if (ret2 < 0) > + ret = ret2; > > ret2 = ext4_journal_stop(handle); > if (!ret) > -- > 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 -- 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