linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] block-rbd: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "rbd_dev

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Message-ID: <CAOi1vP8CQW6P3-VkSzSSj0xASbuaZdUAfAWAbgxiPBG5OU5-QA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2015 14:20:11 +0100
From:	Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	Alex Elder <elder@...nel.org>, Sage Weil <sage@...hat.com>,
	Ceph Development <ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] block-rbd: Delete an unnecessary check before the
 function call "rbd_dev_destroy"

On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 8:44 PM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:16:45 +0100
>
> The rbd_dev_destroy() function tests whether its argument is NULL
> and then returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/block/rbd.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
> index 235708c..24a757e 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
> @@ -5184,8 +5184,7 @@ static int rbd_dev_probe_parent(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev, int depth)
>
>  out_err:
>         rbd_dev_unparent(rbd_dev);
> -       if (parent)
> -               rbd_dev_destroy(parent);
> +       rbd_dev_destroy(parent);
>         return ret;
>  }

Applied, see https://github.com/ceph/ceph-client/commit/b0098c3eadd33fa212987dab0529e35c948aaff4.

Thanks,

                Ilya
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