From d6e9fb46cd9e60946dc3e89ad8e32dd251dcc05d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:01:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] scsi: remove superfluous NULL pointer check from scsi_kill_request() Dan's list included: drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c +1365 scsi_kill_request(9) warning: variable derefenced in initializer 'cmd' drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c +1365 scsi_kill_request(9) warning: variable derefenced before check 'cmd' We dereference cmd (and possible OOPS if cmd == NULL) before starting the request so just remove the superfluous debugging code altogether. [ bart: the potential NULL pointer dereference was finally fixed in (much later than mine) commit 03b1470 but my patch is still valid ] Reported-by: Dan Carpenter Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Eugene Teo Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: James Bottomley Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c index b8de389636f8..9ade720422c6 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c @@ -1370,12 +1370,6 @@ static void scsi_kill_request(struct request *req, struct request_queue *q) blk_start_request(req); - if (unlikely(cmd == NULL)) { - printk(KERN_CRIT "impossible request in %s.\n", - __func__); - BUG(); - } - sdev = cmd->device; starget = scsi_target(sdev); shost = sdev->host;