The patch titled mm: remove temporary variable on generic_file_direct_write() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-remove-temporary-variable-on-generic_file_direct_write.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: mm: remove temporary variable on generic_file_direct_write() From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx> 'end' shadows earlier one and is not necessary at all. Remove it and use 'pos' instead. This removes following sparse warnings: mm/filemap.c:2180:24: warning: symbol 'end' shadows an earlier one mm/filemap.c:2132:25: originally declared here Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/filemap.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/filemap.c~mm-remove-temporary-variable-on-generic_file_direct_write mm/filemap.c --- a/mm/filemap.c~mm-remove-temporary-variable-on-generic_file_direct_write +++ a/mm/filemap.c @@ -2211,12 +2211,12 @@ generic_file_direct_write(struct kiocb * } if (written > 0) { - loff_t end = pos + written; - if (end > i_size_read(inode) && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) { - i_size_write(inode, end); + pos += written; + if (pos > i_size_read(inode) && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) { + i_size_write(inode, pos); mark_inode_dirty(inode); } - *ppos = end; + *ppos = pos; } out: return written; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from namhyung@xxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch vfs-remove-a-warning-on-open_fmode.patch vfs-add-__fmode_exec.patch mm-cleanup-gfp_zone-fix-sparse-warnings.patch mm-remove-temporary-variable-on-generic_file_direct_write.patch mm-add-casts-to-from-gfp_t-in-gfp_to_alloc_flags.patch mm-wrap-get_locked_pte-using-__cond_lock.patch mm-add-lock-release-annotation-on-do_wp_page.patch mm-wrap-follow_pte-using-__cond_lock.patch rmap-annotate-lock-context-change-on-page_lock_anon_vma.patch rmap-wrap-page_check_address-using-__cond_lock.patch rmap-make-anon_vma_free-static.patch vmalloc-rename-temporary-variable-in-__insert_vmap_area.patch vmalloc-annotate-lock-context-change-on-s_start-stop.patch mm-declare-some-external-symbols.patch vmstat-include-compactionh-when-config_compaction.patch vmstat-include-compactionh-when-config_compaction-fix.patch init-mark-__user-address-space-on-string-literals.patch kernel-userc-add-lock-release-annotation-on-free_user.patch printk-fixup-declaration-of-kmsg_reasons.patch printk-add-lock-context-annotation.patch printk-change-type-of-boot_delay-to-int.patch printk-declare-printk_ratelimit_state-in-ratelimith.patch printk-declare-printk_ratelimit_state-in-ratelimith-fix.patch ptrace-annotate-lock-context-change-on-exit_ptrace.patch ptrace-change-signature-of-sys_ptrace-and-friends.patch ptrace-cleanup-ptrace_request.patch ptrace-change-signature-of-arch_ptrace.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-x86.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-arm.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-avr32.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-and-friends-on-blackfin.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-cris.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-frv.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-h8300.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-m32r.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-m68k.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-m68knommu.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-microblaze.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-mips.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-mn10300.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-parisc.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-powerpc.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-score.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-sh.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-sparc.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-tile.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-um.patch ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-xtensa.patch signals-annotate-lock_task_sighand.patch signals-annotate-lock-context-change-on-ptrace_stop.patch exit-add-lock-context-annotation-on-find_new_reaper.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html