On 2018/8/5 5:24, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > On Sat, Aug 04, 2018 at 07:04:56PM +0800, zhong jiang wrote: >> The err is not used after initalization. So just remove the variable. >> >> Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <[email protected]> > I'll apply this patch, but how did you generate the diff? The > function name here is all wrong: > >> diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c >> index 8b24d3d..e29fce2 100644 >> --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c >> +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c >> @@ -3801,7 +3801,6 @@ static int ext4_mb_new_preallocation(struct >> ext4_allocation_context *ac) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > The lines in question are from ext4_mb_release_inode_pa(), *not* > ext4_mb_new_preallocation(). So when I inspected the patch visually, > my first reaction was, "there's no way this patch would apply". > > But then I looked at the C code changed by the patch, and I was > surprised to see that it applied correctly in a completely different > function, and when I regenerated the patch, the line numbers matched > yours --- so the only thing "wrong" in your patch is the function name. > > So that raises the question --- how did you create the diff in this-rc > patch? What version of git? And what version of the kernel? > > Regards, > > - Ted > > . > I create the diff in this patch again ,but get the same result . the git version is git version 1.7.12.4 but I create the diff in git version 1.8.3.1. It shows the correct function name.
The kernel version is 4.18-rc7. I will upgrade the git version. Thanks, zhong jiang
