Re: [PATCH] remove unnecesary while loop in ext2_xattr_get

[Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:09:09PM +0800, crosslonelyover wrote:
> Hi,
>      In ext2_xattr_get, we'll check the xattr entry one 
> by one in the following loop:
>          entry = FIRST_ENTRY(bh);
>          while (!IS_LAST_ENTRY(entry)) {
>                  struct ext2_xattr_entry *next =
>                          EXT2_XATTR_NEXT(entry);
>                  if ((char *)next >= end)
>                          goto bad_block;
>                  if (name_index == entry->e_name_index &&
>                      name_len == entry->e_name_len &&
>                      memcmp(name, entry->e_name, name_len) == 0)
>                          goto found;
>                  entry = next;
>          }
> We can only execute the code immediately following 
> the loop when !IS_LAST_ENTRY(entry) is true. So the
> followed while loop seems unnecessary. I think we can
> remove it.
>       Following is my patch. It's against 2.6.35-rc4.
> Please check it.
> 

Yes.  This is dead code.  This stuff is from the days before git
so we'll never know who to blame for it.

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>

regards,
dan carpenter