4.19-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Coly Li colyli@suse.de
[ Upstream commit 31f5b956a197d4ec25c8a07cb3a2ab69d0c0b82f ]
This patch adds code comments to bch_btree_node_get() and __bch_btree_node_alloc() that NULL pointer will not be returned and it is unnecessary to check NULL pointer by the callers of these routines.
Signed-off-by: Coly Li colyli@suse.de Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231120052503.6122-10-colyli@suse.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe axboe@kernel.dk Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org --- drivers/md/bcache/btree.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c index 3518088d7ff1e..de1eb7961fe61 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c @@ -1008,6 +1008,9 @@ static struct btree *mca_alloc(struct cache_set *c, struct btree_op *op, * * The btree node will have either a read or a write lock held, depending on * level and op->lock. + * + * Note: Only error code or btree pointer will be returned, it is unncessary + * for callers to check NULL pointer. */ struct btree *bch_btree_node_get(struct cache_set *c, struct btree_op *op, struct bkey *k, int level, bool write, @@ -1120,6 +1123,10 @@ static void btree_node_free(struct btree *b) mutex_unlock(&b->c->bucket_lock); }
+/* + * Only error code or btree pointer will be returned, it is unncessary for + * callers to check NULL pointer. + */ struct btree *__bch_btree_node_alloc(struct cache_set *c, struct btree_op *op, int level, bool wait, struct btree *parent)