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From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@mikefedyk.com>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>,
	linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, Yan Zheng <zheng.yan@oracle.com>,
	Josef Bacik <josef@redhat.com>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 5/11] btrfs: remove unneeded null check in btrfs_rename()
Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 19:26:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100529192639.GP31073@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikLkpTgkOGi8M8VL_rZRLyzbJKoKW9RiNMJenMi@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 11:01:56AM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote:

> I think code like this is here because there are still a lot of
> features that are being added to btrfs and it's easier to have the
> additional checks than continually adding and removing them as the
> code changes.

_What_ features?  Check for ->rename() argument not being negative is
done outside of btrfs.

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@mikefedyk.com>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>,
	linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, Yan Zheng <zheng.yan@oracle.com>,
	Josef Bacik <josef@redhat.com>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 5/11] btrfs: remove unneeded null check in btrfs_rename()
Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 20:26:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100529192639.GP31073@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikLkpTgkOGi8M8VL_rZRLyzbJKoKW9RiNMJenMi@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 11:01:56AM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote:

> I think code like this is here because there are still a lot of
> features that are being added to btrfs and it's easier to have the
> additional checks than continually adding and removing them as the
> code changes.

_What_ features?  Check for ->rename() argument not being negative is
done outside of btrfs.

  reply	other threads:[~2010-05-29 19:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-29  9:45 [patch 5/11] btrfs: remove unneeded null check in btrfs_rename() Dan Carpenter
2010-05-29  9:45 ` Dan Carpenter
2010-05-29 18:01 ` Mike Fedyk
2010-05-29 18:01   ` Mike Fedyk
2010-05-29 19:26   ` Al Viro [this message]
2010-05-29 19:26     ` Al Viro
2010-05-31  7:25   ` [patch 5/11] btrfs: remove unneeded null check in Dan Carpenter
2010-05-31  7:25     ` [patch 5/11] btrfs: remove unneeded null check in btrfs_rename() Dan Carpenter

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