Re: [PATCH 1/3] fs/ntfs3: Refactoring of indx_find function

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Fri, 2022-05-27 at 17:21 +0300, Almaz Alexandrovich wrote:
> This commit makes function a bit more readable

trivia:

> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/index.c b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
[]
> @@ -1042,19 +1042,16 @@ int indx_find(struct ntfs_index *indx, struct ntfs_inode *ni,
>   {
>   	int err;
>   	struct NTFS_DE *e;
> -	const struct INDEX_HDR *hdr;
>   	struct indx_node *node;
>   
>   	if (!root)
>   		root = indx_get_root(&ni->dir, ni, NULL, NULL);
>   
>   	if (!root) {
> -		err = -EINVAL;
> -		goto out;
> +		/* Should not happed. */
> +		return -EINVAL;

s/happed/happen/

>   	for (;;) {
>   		node = NULL;
>   		if (*diff >= 0 || !de_has_vcn_ex(e)) {
>   			*entry = e;
> -			goto out;
> +			return 0;
>   		}

might be nicer with a break; or a while like

	while (*diff < 0 && de_has_vcn_ex(e)) {
		node = NULL;


>   		/* Read next level. */
>   		err = indx_read(indx, ni, de_get_vbn(e), &node);
>   		if (err)
> -			goto out;
> +			return err;
>   
>   		/* Lookup entry that is <= to the search value. */
>   		e = hdr_find_e(indx, &node->index->ihdr, key, key_len, ctx,
>   			       diff);
>   		if (!e) {
> -			err = -EINVAL;
>   			put_indx_node(node);
> -			goto out;
> +			return -EINVAL;
>   		}
>   
>   		fnd_push(fnd, node, e);
>   	}
> -
> -out:
> -	return err;

and a return 0;

or
	*entry = e;
	return 0;

so it appears that the function has a typical return value.