Re: Unnecessary #ifdef in commit c863114122ac

From: Jaegeuk Kim
Date: Thu May 21 2015 - 18:11:27 EST


Hi Andreas,

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 12:59:03PM +0200, Andreas Ruprecht wrote:
> Hi Jaegeuk,
>
> your commit c863114122ac ("f2fs crypto: add symlink encryption") showed
> up in linux-next today (i.e., next-20150521). I noticed it because we
> run a daily analysis on linux-next, checking for inconsistencies
> regarding #ifdef blocks [0,1].
>
> In the commit, you create nested #ifdef blocks like the following:
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FS_ENCRYPTION
> [...]
> #ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FS_XATTR
> [...]
> #endif
> [...]
> #endif
>
> The inner #ifdef, however, is unnecessary as CONFIG_F2FS_FS_XATTR is
> defined with a dependency on CONFIG_F2FS_FS_ENCRYPTION (line 78 in the
> corresponding Kconfig file at fs/f2fs/Kconfig).
>
> This means, CONFIG_F2FS_FS_XATTR can never be disabled if
> CONFIG_F2FS_FS_ENCRYPTION is enabled, and that the inner #ifdef can
> safely be removed.
>
> Do you want me to send a patch for this or do you want to do this yourself?

Agreed.
Let me please fix this in the original patch.

Thanks,

>
> Best regards,
>
> Andreas
>
> [0] https://cados.cs.fau.de
> [1] http://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/2014/ocw/proposals/1863
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