When ext4_read_block_bitmap fails, we can return PTR_ERR(bitmap_bh) to remove unnecessary NULL check of bitmap_bh. Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c index f9fc461b633f..7d6991af50d8 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c @@ -3739,9 +3739,7 @@ ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac, bitmap_bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap(sb, ac->ac_b_ex.fe_group); if (IS_ERR(bitmap_bh)) { - err = PTR_ERR(bitmap_bh); - bitmap_bh = NULL; - goto out_err; + return PTR_ERR(bitmap_bh); } BUFFER_TRACE(bitmap_bh, "getting write access"); -- 2.30.0