linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: ufs: ufs-exynos: Remove an unnecessary NULL check

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Date:   Sat, 27 Jun 2020 20:54:45 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>
Cc:     "'Avri Altman'" <avri.altman@....com>,
        "'James E.J. Bottomley'" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "'Martin K. Petersen'" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        "'Kukjin Kim'" <kgene@...nel.org>,
        "'Krzysztof Kozlowski'" <krzk@...nel.org>,
        "'Kiwoong Kim'" <kwmad.kim@...sung.com>,
        "'Wei Yongjun'" <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: ufs: ufs-exynos: Remove an unnecessary NULL check

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 10:51:44PM +0530, Alim Akhtar wrote:
> Hi Dan
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > The "head" pointer can't be NULL because it points to an address in the
> middle
> > of a ufs_hba struct.  Looking at this code, probably someone would wonder
> if
> > the intent was to check whether "hba" is NULL, but "hba"
> > isn't NULL and the check can just be removed.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> > ---
> Please add Fixes: tag
> With that
> Acked-by: Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>

It's not a bug fix it's just a cleanup.

regards,
dan carpenter