From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756750AbaHHQ7m (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2014 12:59:42 -0400 Received: from bedivere.hansenpartnership.com ([66.63.167.143]:52127 "EHLO bedivere.hansenpartnership.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752570AbaHHQ7k (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2014 12:59:40 -0400 Message-ID: <1407517179.2044.13.camel@jarvis.lan> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] dpt_i2o: delete unnecessary null test on array From: James Bottomley To: Julia Lawall Cc: Adaptec OEM Raid Solutions , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, joe@perches.com Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 09:59:39 -0700 In-Reply-To: <1407321551-27479-2-git-send-email-Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr> References: <1407321551-27479-1-git-send-email-Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr> <1407321551-27479-2-git-send-email-Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.10.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2014-08-06 at 12:39 +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: > From: Julia Lawall > > Delete NULL test on array (always false). > > A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as > follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) > > // > @r@ > type T; > T [] e; > position p; > @@ > e ==@p NULL > > @ disable fld_to_ptr@ > expression e; > identifier f; > position r.p; > @@ > * e.f ==@p NULL > // > > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall > > --- > I don't know if this is the correct change, or if some other test was > intended. But the code has been this way since at least 2.4.20, so it > would seem that no one has been bothered by the lack of whatever this was > supposed to test for. > > drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c | 5 ----- > 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c b/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c > index 67283ef..62e276b 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c > @@ -1169,11 +1169,6 @@ static struct adpt_device* adpt_find_device(adpt_hba* pHba, u32 chan, u32 id, u6 > if(chan < 0 || chan >= MAX_CHANNEL) > return NULL; > > - if( pHba->channel[chan].device == NULL){ > - printk(KERN_DEBUG"Adaptec I2O RAID: Trying to find device before they are allocated\n"); > - return NULL; > - } dpt_i2o is always weirdly fun, but I think, based on the message, this check is supposed to be if( pHba->channel[chan].device[id] == NULL){ Since device is an array of device pointers which are allocated by parsing data. James