linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: pm8001: Drop !task check in pm8001_abort

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Date:   Wed, 26 Oct 2022 22:23:27 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
Cc:     <jinpu.wang@...ud.ionos.com>, <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        <martin.petersen@...cle.com>, <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <damien.lemoal@...nsource.wdc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: pm8001: Drop !task check in pm8001_abort_task()


John,

> In commit 0b639decf651 ("scsi: pm8001: Modify task abort handling for
> SATA task"), code was introduced to dereference "task" pointer in
> pm8001_abort_task(). However there was a pre-existing later check for
> "!task", which spooked the kernel test robot.
>
> Function pm8001_abort_task() should never be passed NULL for "task"
> pointer, so remove that check. Also remove the "unlikely" hint, as
> this is not fastpath code.

Applied to 6.2/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering