Re: [PATCH 06/10] xfs: remove redundant ASSERT on insufficient bestfree length in _leaf_addname

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On Sun, Jun 03, 2018 at 04:23:02PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In xfs_dir2_leaf_addname we ASSERT if the length of the unused space
> described by bestfree[0] is less the amount of space we wish to consume.
> Immediately after it is a call to xfs_dir2_data_use_free where the
> offset parameter is offset of the unused space and the length parameter
> is the amount of space we wish to consume.  Both values (and the unused
> space pointer) are passed into xfs_dir2_data_check_free, which also
> validates that the region of unused space is big enough to cover the
> space we wish to consume.  This is effectively the same check that the
> ASSERT covers, and since a check failure results in a corruption message
> being logged we can remove the ASSERT.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks fine.

Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>

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