linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/11] nbd: don't clear rq->sector and nr

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Date:	Mon,  4 May 2009 16:58:37 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
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Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 01/11] nbd: don't clear rq->sector and nr_sectors unnecessarily

There's no reason to clear rq->sector and nr_sectors after calling
blk_rq_init().  They're guaranteed to be clear.  Drop unnecessary
clearing.

[ Impact: cleanup ]

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc: Paul Clements <paul.clements@...eleye.com>
---
 drivers/block/nbd.c |    7 -------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 4d6de4f..a9ab8be 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -580,13 +580,6 @@ static int __nbd_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct nbd_device *lo,
 		blk_rq_init(NULL, &sreq);
 		sreq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 		nbd_cmd(&sreq) = NBD_CMD_DISC;
-		/*
-		 * Set these to sane values in case server implementation
-		 * fails to check the request type first and also to keep
-		 * debugging output cleaner.
-		 */
-		sreq.sector = 0;
-		sreq.nr_sectors = 0;
 		if (!lo->sock)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		nbd_send_req(lo, &sreq);
-- 
1.6.0.2

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