Re: [PATCH] nfsd: remove unnecessary assertion in nfsd4_layout_setlease

["J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>]

It took me a minute to see how fl can even fail to be NULL, since we
just accessed fields of fl.

OK, I see, &fl is passed to vfs_setlease, so it can change the value of
fl.

Looks like generic_addlease() clears flp on success, unless it finds an
existing non-conflicting lease?  I'm not clear why nfsd4_layout_setlease
knows it can't hit that case.

In any case, I don't see why this assertion is redundant; leaving it
there.

--b.

On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 02:37:33PM -0600, Aditya Pakki wrote:
> In nfsd4_layout_setlease, checking for a valid file lock is
> redundant and can be removed. This patch eliminates such a
> BUG_ON check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@umn.edu>
> ---
>  fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c
> index 2681c70283ce..ef5f8e645f4f 100644
> --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c
> +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c
> @@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ nfsd4_layout_setlease(struct nfs4_layout_stateid *ls)
>  		locks_free_lock(fl);
>  		return status;
>  	}
> -	BUG_ON(fl != NULL);
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.20.1