[PATCH] btrfs: perform a minor cleanup in btrfs_search_path_in_tree()

From: Burenchev Evgenii

Date: Thu Feb 19 2026 - 12:56:04 EST


After the introduction of btrfs_search_backwards(), the directory
traversal state in btrfs_search_path_in_tree() is fully maintained via
struct btrfs_key. The local variable 'dirid' is no longer used to control
the search and the assignment

dirid = key.objectid;

has no observable effect and is dead code.

Also initialize ret at declaration and remove a redundant
"ret = 0;" before out:.

Remove the unused assignment to avoid confusion and silence static
analysis warnings.

No functional change.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Signed-off-by: Evgenii Burenchev <eburenchev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/btrfs/ioctl.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index a6cc2d3b414c..d85e6a92538e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -1648,7 +1648,7 @@ static noinline int btrfs_search_path_in_tree(struct btrfs_fs_info *info,
struct btrfs_root *root;
struct btrfs_key key;
char *ptr;
- int ret = -1;
+ int ret = 0;
int slot;
int len;
int total_len = 0;
@@ -1708,11 +1708,9 @@ static noinline int btrfs_search_path_in_tree(struct btrfs_fs_info *info,
btrfs_release_path(path);
key.objectid = key.offset;
key.offset = (u64)-1;
- dirid = key.objectid;
}
memmove(name, ptr, total_len);
name[total_len] = '\0';
- ret = 0;
out:
btrfs_put_root(root);
return ret;
--
2.43.0