linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] scsi: lpfc: remove dead code on second !ndlp check

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Date:   Thu, 19 Nov 2020 22:17:12 -0500
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     James Smart <james.smart@...adcom.com>,
        Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@...adcom.com>,
        "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] scsi: lpfc: remove dead code on second !ndlp check


Colin,

> Currently there is a null check on the pointer ndlp that exits via
> error path issue_ct_rsp_exit followed by another null check on the
> same pointer that is almost identical to the previous null check
> stanza and yet can never can be reached because the previous check
> exited via issue_ct_rsp_exit. This is deadcode and can be removed.

Applied to 5.11/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering