linux-kernel - possible if/else bug in dc395x.c

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Date:   Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:26:47 +0000
From:   Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@...r.at>
To:     dc395x@...bble.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: possible if/else bug in dc395x.c

Hi !

in drivers/scsi/dc395x.c:srb_done()
3387                 if (srb->total_xfer_length
3388                     && srb->total_xfer_length >= cmd->underflow)
3389                         cmd->result =
3390                             MK_RES_LNX(DRIVER_SENSE, DID_OK,
3391                                        srb->end_message, CHECK_CONDITION);
3392                 /*SET_RES_DID(cmd->result,DID_OK) */
3393                 else
3394                         cmd->result =
3395                             MK_RES_LNX(DRIVER_SENSE, DID_OK,
3396                                        srb->end_message, CHECK_CONDITION);
(line numbers from 4.9.0-rc1, localversion-next next-20161016) 

The if and else are identical, these lines date back to pre-git (so git blame
assigns them to the initial 2.6.12-rc2 import).

Not sure if it makes much sense trying to fix up something like this at all
is it worth trying to figure out what this should be ? I would asume that 
given that this survived atleast 12 years in this form that the condition 
could be removed and the cmd-> result set unconditionally here. 

thx!
hofrat