commit ec22ba8e ext4: disable merging of uninitialized extents ensured that if either extent under consideration is uninit, we decline to merge, and immediately return. But right after that test, we test again for an uninit extent; we can never hit this. So just remove the impossible test and associated variable. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Disclosure: compile-tested only. diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c index 54d52af..de6d467 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c @@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ int ext4_can_extents_be_merged(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ex1, struct ext4_extent *ex2) { - unsigned short ext1_ee_len, ext2_ee_len, max_len; + unsigned short ext1_ee_len, ext2_ee_len; /* * Make sure that both extents are initialized. We don't merge @@ -1677,11 +1677,6 @@ ext4_can_extents_be_merged(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ex1, if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex1) || ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex2)) return 0; - if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex1)) - max_len = EXT_UNINIT_MAX_LEN; - else - max_len = EXT_INIT_MAX_LEN; - ext1_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex1); ext2_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex2); @@ -1694,7 +1689,7 @@ ext4_can_extents_be_merged(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ex1, * as an RO_COMPAT feature, refuse to merge to extents if * this can result in the top bit of ee_len being set. */ - if (ext1_ee_len + ext2_ee_len > max_len) + if (ext1_ee_len + ext2_ee_len > EXT_INIT_MAX_LEN) return 0; #ifdef AGGRESSIVE_TEST if (ext1_ee_len >= 4) -- 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