[PATCH v2 6/6] fs: Do not overload update_time

Deepa Dinamani
2019-12-03T05:20:30Z

update_time() also has an internal function pointer
update_time. Even though this works correctly, it is
confusing to the readers.

Just use a regular if statement to call the generic
function or the function pointer.

Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@gmail.com>
---
fs/inode.c | 9 +++------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 12c9e38529c9..aff2b5831168 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1675,12 +1675,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_update_time);
*/
static int update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec64 *time, int flags)
{
- int (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec64 *, int);
-
- update_time = inode->i_op->update_time ? inode->i_op->update_time :
- generic_update_time;
-
- return update_time(inode, time, flags);
+ if (inode->i_op->update_time)
+ return inode->i_op->update_time(inode, time, flags);
+ return generic_update_time(inode, time, flags);
}

/**
--
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