[PATCH] fs: ubifs: remove always-false check

[Ahmad Fatoum]

On 13.09.22 10:37, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 03:58:04PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>> GCC correctly warns that two bit wide compr_type can't
>> exceed or be equal to UBIFS_COMPR_TYPES_CNT (== 4).
>>
>> Remove the check. The check is there in the kernel as well,
>> but the warning is disabled there.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
>> ---
>>  fs/ubifs/super.c | 5 -----
>>  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
>> index b48e21fae636..6a0074bd1a5c 100644
>> --- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
>> +++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
>> @@ -86,11 +86,6 @@ static int validate_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, const struct inode *inode)
>>  		return 1;
>>  	}
>>  
>> -	if (ui->compr_type >= UBIFS_COMPR_TYPES_CNT) {
>> -		ubifs_err(c, "unknown compression type %d", ui->compr_type);
>> -		return 2;
>> -	}
>> -
> 
> Although Richard decided for the Kernel to keep the check I decided to
> take this patch for barebox. The warning is annoying and doesn't tell us
> anything. Once this is solved in the Kernel we'll get the solution with
> the next UBIFS sync.

My thoughts exactly.

Cheers,
Ahmad

> 
> Sascha
> 


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