Bug 228713 - [RHEL4] [patch] cid-2 remove dead code in lib/ss/help.c
Summary: [RHEL4] [patch] cid-2 remove dead code in lib/ss/help.c
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: e2fsprogs
Version: 4.4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
: ---
Assignee: Eric Sandeen
QA Contact: Jay Turner
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Blocks: 234251 239341
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Reported: 2007-02-14 16:30 UTC by Bryn M. Reeves
Modified: 2015-01-08 00:15 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2007-05-30 18:33:42 UTC
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Remove invariant (code != 0) check in lib/ss/help.c (682 bytes, patch)
2007-02-14 16:31 UTC, Bryn M. Reeves
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Description Bryn M. Reeves 2007-02-14 16:30:59 UTC
Description of problem:
lib/ss/help.c contains the following lines in ss_help():

    request_name = ss_current_request(sci_idx, &code);
    if (code != 0) { 
        ss_perror(sci_idx, code, "");
        return;         /* no ss_abort_line, if invalid invocation */
    }

However, ss_current_request is defined in lib/ss/ss_internal.h as:

#define ss_current_request(sci_idx,code_ptr)    \
     (*code_ptr=0,ss_info(sci_idx)->current_request)

Since this clears &code, the conditional following the macro is not necessary.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
e2fsprogs-1.35-12.4.EL4

How reproducible:
Not really reproducible, since the ss_perror line is never executed anyway.

Comment 1 Bryn M. Reeves 2007-02-14 16:31:00 UTC
Created attachment 148063 [details]
Remove invariant (code != 0) check in lib/ss/help.c

Comment 5 RHEL Program Management 2007-05-09 07:42:15 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 6 Eric Sandeen 2007-05-29 20:05:14 UTC
This patch was not accepted upstream

Comment 7 Eric Sandeen 2007-05-30 18:33:42 UTC
since this was NAK'd upstream, coupled with the fact that dead code removal
isn't really acceptable for rhel changes, setting this one to NOTABUG.

http://lists.openwall.net/linux-ext4/2007/03/18/4


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