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Fri, 06 Feb 2026 05:40:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([196.207.164.177]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-436296b2110sm5812451f8f.3.2026.02.06.05.40.41 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 06 Feb 2026 05:40:41 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 16:40:38 +0300 From: Dan Carpenter To: Ojaswin Mujoo Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel Subject: [bug report] ext4: refactor zeroout path and handle all cases Message-ID: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: [ Smatch checking is paused while we raise funding. #SadFace https://lore.kernel.org/all/aTaiGSbWZ9DJaGo7@stanley.mountain/ -dan ] Hello Ojaswin Mujoo, Commit a985e07c2645 ("ext4: refactor zeroout path and handle all cases") from Jan 23, 2026 (linux-next), leads to the following Smatch static checker warning: fs/ext4/extents.c:3369 ext4_split_extent_zeroout() warn: duplicate zero check 'err' (previous on line 3363) fs/ext4/extents.c 3361 3362 err = ext4_ext_get_access(handle, inode, path + depth); 3363 if (err) 3364 return err; 3365 3366 ext4_ext_mark_initialized(ex); 3367 3368 ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + depth); Presumably "err = ext4_ext_dirty()". --> 3369 if (err) 3370 return err; 3371 3372 return 0; 3373 } regards, dan carpenter