The patch titled
Subject: ocfs2: delete unnecessary checks before brelse()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
ocfs2-delete-unnecessary-checks-before-brelse.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: ocfs2: delete unnecessary checks before brelse()
brelse() tests whether its argument is NULL and then returns immediately.
Thus the tests around the shown calls are not needed.
This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/55cde320-394b-f985-56ce-1a2abea782aa@xxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Changwei Ge <gechangwei@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Gang He <ghe@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jun Piao <piaojun@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c | 7 ++-----
fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c | 3 +--
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c~ocfs2-delete-unnecessary-checks-before-brelse
+++ a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -2508,9 +2508,7 @@ bail:
ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, ex);
}
- if (local_bh)
- brelse(local_bh);
-
+ brelse(local_bh);
return status;
}
@@ -2593,8 +2591,7 @@ int ocfs2_inode_lock_atime(struct inode
*level = 1;
if (ocfs2_should_update_atime(inode, vfsmnt))
ocfs2_update_inode_atime(inode, bh);
- if (bh)
- brelse(bh);
+ brelse(bh);
} else
*level = 0;
--- a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c~ocfs2-delete-unnecessary-checks-before-brelse
+++ a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
@@ -590,8 +590,7 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(struct inod
*extent_flags = rec->e_flags;
}
out:
- if (eb_bh)
- brelse(eb_bh);
+ brelse(eb_bh);
return ret;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
fat-delete-an-unnecessary-check-before-brelse.patch
ipc-mqueuec-delete-an-unnecessary-check-before-the-macro-call-dev_kfree_skb.patch
ipc-mqueue-improve-exception-handling-in-do_mq_notify.patch
