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Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] scsi: lpfc: remove dead code on second !ndlp check
To:     Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com>,
        Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@broadcom.com>,
        "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@linux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
        linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
References: <20201118133744.461385-1-colin.king@canonical.com>
From:   James Smart <james.smart@broadcom.com>
Message-ID: <1f69784f-989d-a4b2-8d6f-c336916c5731@broadcom.com>
Date:   Thu, 19 Nov 2020 12:57:52 -0800
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On 11/18/2020 5:37 AM, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>
> Currently there is a null check on the pointer ndlp that exits via
> error path issue_ct_rsp_exit followed by another null check on the
> same pointer that is almost identical to the previous null check
> stanza and yet can never can be reached because the previous check
> exited via issue_ct_rsp_exit. This is deadcode and can be removed.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Logically dead code")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> ---
>   drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_bsg.c | 6 ------
>   1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_bsg.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_bsg.c
> index 35f4998504c1..41e3657c2d8d 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_bsg.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_bsg.c
> @@ -1526,12 +1526,6 @@ lpfc_issue_ct_rsp(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct bsg_job *job, uint32_t tag,
>   			goto issue_ct_rsp_exit;
>   		}
>   
> -		/* Check if the ndlp is active */
> -		if (!ndlp) {
> -			rc = IOCB_ERROR;
> -			goto issue_ct_rsp_exit;
> -		}
> -
>   		/* get a refernece count so the ndlp doesn't go away while
>   		 * we respond
>   		 */
Looks good.

Reviewed-by: James Smart <james.smart@broadcom.com>

-- james


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