On transformation of str to hash, computed value is initialised before first byte modulo 4. But it is already initialised before entering loop and after processing last byte modulo 4. So the corresponding test and initialisation could be removed. Signed-off-by: Damien Guibouret <damien.guibouret@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/hash.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/hash.c b/fs/ext4/hash.c index 38b8a96..00c6dd2 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/hash.c +++ b/fs/ext4/hash.c @@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ static void str2hashbuf_signed(const char *msg, int len, __u32 *buf, int num) if (len > num*4) len = num * 4; for (i = 0; i < len; i++) { - if ((i % 4) == 0) - val = pad; val = ((int) scp[i]) + (val << 8); if ((i % 4) == 3) { *buf++ = val; @@ -176,8 +174,6 @@ static void str2hashbuf_unsigned(const char *msg, int len, __u32 *buf, int num) if (len > num*4) len = num * 4; for (i = 0; i < len; i++) { - if ((i % 4) == 0) - val = pad; val = ((int) ucp[i]) + (val << 8); if ((i % 4) == 3) { *buf++ = val; -- 2.5.0