[Devel] [PATCH vz10 1/2] xfs: use IS_ERR() instead of IS_ERR_OR_NULL() for xfs_balloon_get()

Pavel Tikhomirov ptikhomirov at virtuozzo.com
Fri Jun 12 12:53:50 MSK 2026


Reviewed-by: Pavel Tikhomirov <ptikhomirov at virtuozzo.com>

On 6/12/26 08:56, Konstantin Khorenko wrote:
> xfs_balloon_get() returns either a valid inode or an ERR_PTR(); it never
> returns NULL. xfs_fs_statfs() nevertheless checked its result with
> IS_ERR_OR_NULL(), unlike the other two callers (xfs_balloon_check() and
> the FS_IOC_SET_BALLOON ioctl) which use plain IS_ERR().
> 
> Switch xfs_fs_statfs() to IS_ERR() as well: it is sufficient and keeps
> all xfs_balloon_get() call sites consistent. No functional change.
> 
> Fixes: f511955a759a ("xfs: Teach the fs where the balloon inode is")
> Reported-by: Pavel Tikhomirov <ptikhomirov at virtuozzo.com>
> https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-132310
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khorenko <khorenko at virtuozzo.com>
> ---
>  fs/xfs/xfs_super.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
> index 4d291b9c5f8a..d24ceb045364 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
> @@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ xfs_fs_statfs(
>  		struct xfs_inode *bip;
>  
>  		bip = xfs_balloon_get(mp, balloon_ino, 0);
> -		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(bip)) {
> +		if (!IS_ERR(bip)) {
>  			/* Note, i_nblocks also contains metadata blocks */
>  			st->f_blocks -= bip->i_nblocks + bip->i_delayed_blks;
>  			xfs_irele(bip);

-- 
Best regards, Pavel Tikhomirov
Senior Software Developer, Virtuozzo.



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