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

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Date:   Tue, 2 May 2023 08:04:01 +0200
From:   Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvmet-auth: remove some dead code

On 4/17/23 22:41, 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")
> ---
>   drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c | 9 ---------
>   1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)
> 
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>

Cheers,

Hannes
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