linux-kernel - [PATCH] libiscsi: avoid unnecessary multiple NULL assignments

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Date:	Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:15:51 +0900
From:	Masatake YAMATO <yamato@...hat.com>
To:	open-iscsi@...glegroups.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Masatake YAMATO <yamato@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] libiscsi: avoid unnecessary multiple NULL assignments

In iscsi_free_task, NULL is assigned to task->sc twice: before and
after kfifo_in invocatoin. Allocating and freeing iscsi_task are guarded
with session->lock, so multiple NULL assignments cause no trouble. But
people reading the source code may be confused.

The second NULL assignment comes from commit:

    3e5c28ad0391389959ccae81c938c7533efb3490

It seems that the line after kfifo_in invocation was introduced
accidentally.

Signed-off-by: Masatake YAMATO <yamato@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
index 82c3fd4..7aacf3a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
@@ -500,21 +500,20 @@ static void iscsi_free_task(struct iscsi_task *task)
 	task->sc = NULL;
 	/*
 	 * login task is preallocated so do not free
 	 */
 	if (conn->login_task == task)
 		return;
 
 	kfifo_in(&session->cmdpool.queue, (void*)&task, sizeof(void*));
 
 	if (sc) {
-		task->sc = NULL;
 		/* SCSI eh reuses commands to verify us */
 		sc->SCp.ptr = NULL;
 		/*
 		 * queue command may call this to free the task, so
 		 * it will decide how to return sc to scsi-ml.
 		 */
 		if (oldstate != ISCSI_TASK_REQUEUE_SCSIQ)
 			sc->scsi_done(sc);
 	}
 }
-- 
1.7.11.2

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