# Re: \[PATCH\] hostfs: fix a not needed double check

- From: Marco Stornelli \<hidden\>
- Date: 2012-11-18 08:59:46 
- List: linux-um
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-um/2012/11/68908
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fsdevel/2012/10/67947/t.md

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Il 20/10/2012 12:02, Marco Stornelli ha scritto:
> With the commit 3be2be0a32c18b0fd6d623cda63174a332ca0de1 we removed vmtruncate,
> but actaully there is no need to call inode_newsize_ok() because the checks are
> already done in inode_change_ok() at the begin of the function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marco Stornelli <redacted>
> ---
>   fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c |    9 +--------
>   1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
> index 457addc..c9d5254 100644
> --- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
> +++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
> @@ -845,15 +845,8 @@ int hostfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
>   		return err;
>
>   	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
> -	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
> -		int error;
> -
> -		error = inode_newsize_ok(inode, attr->ia_size);
> -		if (error)
> -			return error;
> -
> +	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode))
>   		truncate_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
> -	}
>
>   	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
>   	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
>

Any feedback for this patch?

Marco
```