Re: [PATCH 05/15] libata: Add __ata_scsi_ioctl

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>]

Brian King wrote:
>  
> -int ata_scsi_ioctl(struct scsi_device *scsidev, int cmd, void __user *arg)
> +int __ata_scsi_ioctl(struct scsi_device *scsidev, int cmd, void __user *arg)
>  {
> -	struct ata_port *ap;
> -	struct ata_device *dev;
>  	int val = -EINVAL, rc = -EINVAL;
>  
> -	ap = (struct ata_port *) &scsidev->host->hostdata[0];
> -	if (!ap)
> -		goto out;
> -
> -	dev = ata_scsi_find_dev(ap, scsidev);
> -	if (!dev) {
> -		rc = -ENODEV;
> -		goto out;
> -	}
> -
>  	switch (cmd) {


Rather than create a new function, it looks like the above code can 
simply be removed.  I don't see anything that uses 'ap' or 'dev'.

	Jeff