On the rw path, the ns is assumed to be set. However, a check is still done, inherited from the time the code resided at nvme_queue_rq(). Eliminate this check, which also eliminates a smatch complain for not doing proper NULL checks on ns. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c index 5a14cc7f28ee..bd1d5ff911c9 100644 --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ static inline blk_status_t nvme_setup_rw(struct nvme_ns *ns, * unless this namespace is formated such that the metadata can be * stripped/generated by the controller with PRACT=1. */ - if (ns && ns->ms && + if (ns->ms && (!ns->pi_type || ns->ms != sizeof(struct t10_pi_tuple)) && !blk_integrity_rq(req) && !blk_rq_is_passthrough(req)) return BLK_STS_NOTSUPP; -- 2.7.4