linux-kernel - Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] nsp32_restart

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Message-ID: <20071024165434.GZ30533@stusta.de>
Date:	Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:54:34 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...elEye.com>
Cc:	yokota@...lab.is.tsukuba.ac.jp, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] nsp32_restart_autoscsi(): remove error check

On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 12:41:12PM -0400, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 18:25 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > The Coverity checker noted that we'll anyway Oops later when we ran into 
> > this condition - and the error check didn't prevent that.
> > 
> > Considering that the error condition shouldn't be possible, and we are 
> > not able to handle it easily, this patch simply removes the pointless 
> > error check.
> 
> This is the one where I said I don't like the fact that you're removing
> the explanatory message that's printed before we crash.  if you want to
> shut coverity up and stop sending the patch, I'm happy adding a BUG();
> after the nsp32_msg().

Sorry, I missed your answer when resending since it was in a different 
thread.

I'm still not convinced we really need the nsp32_msg() here but you are 
the maintainer and it's not a big deal anyway

A BUG() would IMHO be similarly pointless as the nsp32_msg() at this 
point and there's no value in changing code only for the sake of the 
Coverity checker.

> James

cu
Adrian

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