linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvmet-auth: remove some dead code

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Message-ID: <f1b9c50c-3d1e-6e83-d861-76b33b9ee095@nvidia.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Apr 2023 04:06:30 +0000
From:   Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanyak@...dia.com>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanyak@...dia.com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvmet-auth: remove some dead code

On 4/17/23 13:41, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 'status' is known to be 0 at the point.
> And nvmet_auth_challenge() return a -E<ERROR_CODE> or 0.
> So these lines of code should just be removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> ---
> The dead code became obvious after commit be2ada6d0ed0 ("nvmet-auth: fix
> return value check in auth receive")
> ---
>

Looks good.

Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>

-ck