linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 6/7] libsas: add wait-complete support to sync discovery event

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Date:   Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:51:59 +0100
From:   John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
To:     Yijing Wang <wangyijing@...wei.com>, <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
CC:     <chenqilin2@...wei.com>, <hare@...e.com>,
        <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <chenxiang66@...ilicon.com>, <huangdaode@...ilicon.com>,
        <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>, <zhaohongjiang@...wei.com>,
        <dingtianhong@...wei.com>, <guohanjun@...wei.com>,
        <yanaijie@...wei.com>, <hch@....de>, <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        <emilne@...hat.com>, <thenzl@...hat.com>, <wefu@...hat.com>,
        <charles.chenxin@...wei.com>, <chenweilong@...wei.com>,
        Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        Linuxarm <linuxarm@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/7] libsas: add wait-complete support to sync
 discovery event

On 10/07/2017 08:06, Yijing Wang wrote:
>
>  static void sas_chain_event(int event, unsigned long *pending,
> @@ -592,9 +596,9 @@ int sas_discover_event(struct asd_sas_port *port, enum discover_event ev)
>  {
>  	struct sas_discovery *disc;
>
> +	disc = &port->disc;
>  	if (!port)
>  		return 0;
> -	disc = &port->disc;
>
>  	BUG_ON(ev >= DISC_NUM_EVENTS);
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
> index 570b2cb..9d26c28 1

I was just looking through the code and I noticed this, above. Is there 
a specific reason to move the NULL check, or was it modified accidentally?

I mean, if port is NULL I don't think we would get as far as checking it 
as we would have already de-referenced it.