linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] IB/core: remove dead code

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Date:	Tue, 7 Jun 2016 10:33:09 +0300
From:	Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Cc:	Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
	Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
	Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] IB/core: remove dead code

On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 10:15:06PM +0100, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> prot_sg_cnt has been assigned with the value of ret which we have
> already checked to be non-zero so prot_sg_cnt can never be zero at this
> point of the code and hence the else part can never execute.
> And since we know prot_sg_cnt is non zero there is no use for the
> if condition also.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@...ethink.co.uk>

And what about other places?

428         if (prot_sg_cnt)
429                 ctx->sig->sig_wr.prot = &ctx->sig->prot.sge;

....


455         if (prot_sg_cnt)
456                 ib_mr_pool_put(qp, &qp->rdma_mrs, ctx->sig->prot.mr);

....


> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/core/rw.c | 24 ++++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/rw.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/rw.c
> index 1eb9b12..a829a14 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/rw.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/rw.c
> @@ -386,21 +386,17 @@ int rdma_rw_ctx_signature_init(struct rdma_rw_ctx *ctx, struct ib_qp *qp,
>  	count += ret;
>  	prev_wr = &ctx->sig->data.reg_wr.wr;
>  
> -	if (prot_sg_cnt) {
> -		ret = rdma_rw_init_one_mr(qp, port_num, &ctx->sig->prot,
> -				prot_sg, prot_sg_cnt, 0);
> -		if (ret < 0)
> -			goto out_destroy_data_mr;
> -		count += ret;
> +	ret = rdma_rw_init_one_mr(qp, port_num, &ctx->sig->prot,
> +				  prot_sg, prot_sg_cnt, 0);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		goto out_destroy_data_mr;
> +	count += ret;
>  
> -		if (ctx->sig->prot.inv_wr.next)
> -			prev_wr->next = &ctx->sig->prot.inv_wr;
> -		else
> -			prev_wr->next = &ctx->sig->prot.reg_wr.wr;
> -		prev_wr = &ctx->sig->prot.reg_wr.wr;
> -	} else {
> -		ctx->sig->prot.mr = NULL;
> -	}
> +	if (ctx->sig->prot.inv_wr.next)
> +		prev_wr->next = &ctx->sig->prot.inv_wr;
> +	else
> +		prev_wr->next = &ctx->sig->prot.reg_wr.wr;
> +	prev_wr = &ctx->sig->prot.reg_wr.wr;
>  
>  	ctx->sig->sig_mr = ib_mr_pool_get(qp, &qp->sig_mrs);
>  	if (!ctx->sig->sig_mr) {
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 

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