The patch titled
Subject: lib/inflate.c: remove dead code
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is
lib-remove-dead-code.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/lib-remove-dead-code.patch
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Ariel Otilibili <ariel.otilibili-anieli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: lib/inflate.c: remove dead code
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 10:21:12 +0100
This is a follow up from a discussion in Xen:
The if-statement tests that `res` is non-zero; meaning the case zero is
never reached.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/7587b503-b2ca-4476-8dc9-e9683d4ca5f0@xxxxxxxx/
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241219092615.644642-2-ariel.otilibili-anieli@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Ariel Otilibili <ariel.otilibili-anieli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/inflate.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
--- a/lib/inflate.c~lib-remove-dead-code
+++ a/lib/inflate.c
@@ -1257,8 +1257,6 @@ static int INIT gunzip(void)
/* Decompress */
if ((res = inflate())) {
switch (res) {
- case 0:
- break;
case 1:
error("invalid compressed format (err=1)");
break;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from ariel.otilibili-anieli@xxxxxxxxxx are
lib-remove-dead-code.patch
