Re: [PATCH] gfs2: Set error on error path

From: drv
Date: Fri Sep 29 2023 - 03:34:08 EST


On Fri, 2023-09-29 at 10:14 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 11:44:40AM +0530, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> > Set the error variable inside the error path on failure. Saves
> > unnecessary variable assignment during normal execution.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Deepak R Varma <drv@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  fs/gfs2/bmap.c | 5 +++--
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
> > index ef7017fb6951..93bd8ea34444 100644
> > --- a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
> > +++ b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
> > @@ -162,9 +162,10 @@ int gfs2_unstuff_dinode(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
> >  
> >         down_write(&ip->i_rw_mutex);
> >         page = grab_cache_page(inode->i_mapping, 0);
> > -       error = -ENOMEM;
> > -       if (!page)
> > +       if (!page) {
> > +               error = -ENOMEM;
> >                 goto out;
> > +       }
>
> It used to be that the other way was faster?  I'm pretty sure the
> compiler can figure it out these days.  Please don't randomly start
> changing people's prefered style unless it's drivers/staging/ code.
>
Hi Dan,
Thank you for the feedback. I did not know about the compiler
optimization resulting in original code being faster.
I will let the maintainers comment on breaking the style.

regards,
deepak.

> regards,
> dan carpenter
>