linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen/scsifront: shost

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Message-ID: <yq1o7iv3mf9.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com>
Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2023 22:07:15 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen/scsifront: shost_priv() can never return NULL


Juergen,

> There is no need to check whether shost_priv() returns a non-NULL
> value, as the pointer returned is just an offset to the passed in
> parameter.
>
> While at it replace an open coded shost_priv() instance.

Applied to 6.6/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering