re: ext4: refactor ext4_fallocate code

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On Fri, 28 Mar 2014, Dan Carpenter wrote:

> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:04:32 +0300
> From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: lczerner@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: re: ext4: refactor ext4_fallocate code
> 
> Hello Lukas Czerner,
> 
> The patch f6a7718e9581: "ext4: refactor ext4_fallocate code" from Mar
> 18, 2014, leads to the following static checker warning:
> 
> 	fs/ext4/extents.c:4926 ext4_fallocate()
> 	warn: we tested 'ret' before and it was 'false'
> 
> fs/ext4/extents.c
>   4916          ret = ext4_alloc_file_blocks(file, lblk, max_blocks, flags, mode);
>   4917          if (ret)
>                     ^^^
> Checked.
> 
>   4918                  goto out;
>   4919  
>   4920          handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 2);
>   4921          if (IS_ERR(handle))
>   4922                  goto out;
>   4923  
>   4924          tv = inode->i_ctime = ext4_current_time(inode);
>   4925  
>   4926          if (!ret && new_size) {
>                     ^^^^
> Known.
> 
>   4927                  if (new_size > i_size_read(inode)) {
>   4928                          i_size_write(inode, new_size);
>   4929                          inode->i_mtime = tv;
>   4930                  }
>   4931                  if (new_size > EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize)
>   4932                          ext4_update_i_disksize(inode, new_size);
>   4933          } else if (!ret && !new_size) {
>                            ^^^^
> Known.

Right,

and this is true for the other function we;re using
ext4_alloc_file_blocks().

Thanks!
-Lukas

> 
>   4934                  /*
>   4935                  * Mark that we allocate beyond EOF so the subsequent truncate
>   4936                  * can proceed even if the new size is the same as i_size.
>   4937                  */
>   4938                  if ((offset + len) > i_size_read(inode))
>   4939                          ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EOFBLOCKS);
>   4940          }
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
> 
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