[PATCH] scsi: remove superfluous NULL pointer check from scsi_kill_request()

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Date: Sat Jul 25 2009 - 10:34:41 EST


From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [PATCH] scsi: remove superfluous NULL pointer check from scsi_kill_request()

>From Dan's list:

drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c +1365 scsi_kill_request(9) warning: variable derefenced in initializer 'cmd'
drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c +1365 scsi_kill_request(9) warning: variable derefenced before check 'cmd'

We dereference cmd (and possible OOPS if cmd == NULL) before starting
the request so just remove the superfluous debugging code altogether.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: corbet@xxxxxxx
Cc: eteo@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

Index: b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
===================================================================
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -1365,12 +1365,6 @@ static void scsi_kill_request(struct req

blk_start_request(req);

- if (unlikely(cmd == NULL)) {
- printk(KERN_CRIT "impossible request in %s.\n",
- __func__);
- BUG();
- }
-
scsi_init_cmd_errh(cmd);
cmd->result = DID_NO_CONNECT << 16;
atomic_inc(&cmd->device->iorequest_cnt);
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