linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] csi: libcxgbi: remove redundant check and close on csk

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Date:   Mon, 11 Sep 2017 14:51:59 +0530
From:   Varun Prakash <varun@...lsio.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] csi: libcxgbi: remove redundant check and close on csk

On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 02:51:33PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> csk is always null on the error return path and so the non-null
> check and call to cxgbi_sock_closed on csk is redundant and
> can be removed.
> 
> Detected by: CoverityScan CID#114329 ("Logically dead code")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c
> index 512c8f1ea5b0..da36c2de069e 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c
> @@ -688,8 +688,6 @@ cxgbi_check_route(struct sockaddr *dst_addr, int ifindex)
>  
>  rel_rt:
>  	ip_rt_put(rt);
> -	if (csk)
> -		cxgbi_sock_closed(csk);
>  err_out:
>  	return ERR_PTR(err);
>  }

Acked-by: Varun Prakash <varun@...lsio.com>