Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 2 authors, 2008-06-03

[PATCH] ext2 : Remove redundant condition in ext2_free_blocks()

From: Manish Katiyar <hidden>
Date: 2008-05-31 18:56:33
Also in: kernel-janitors, linux-fsdevel

For two unsigned values the check "block+count < block"  is always
false. Thus the below patch removes that condition.

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Signed-off-by: Manish Katiyar <redacted>
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c  2008-05-11 23:54:40.000000000 +0530
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c  2008-06-01 00:03:44.000000000 +0530
@@ -499,7 +499,6 @@
        unsigned freed = 0, group_freed;

        if (block < le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block) ||
-           block + count < block ||
            block + count > le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_count)) {
                ext2_error (sb, "ext2_free_blocks",
                            "Freeing blocks not in datazone - "

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