linux-kernel - [PATCH] scsi: remove superfluous NULL pointer check from scsi_kill

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Date:	Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:29:25 +0200
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>, corbet@....net,
	eteo@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH] scsi: remove superfluous NULL pointer check from scsi_kill_request()

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
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@...il.com>
Cc: corbet@....net
Cc: eteo@...hat.com
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
---
 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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