From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> fcf is tested in the line just below, so the first test is not needed. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @r@ expression *x; expression e; identifier l; @@ if (x == NULL || ...) { ... when forall return ...; } ... when != goto l; when != x = e when != &x *x == NULL // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/fcoe/libfcoe.c | 2 -- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/libfcoe.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/libfcoe.c index 9823291..9b634bd 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/libfcoe.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/libfcoe.c @@ -941,8 +941,6 @@ static void fcoe_ctlr_recv_clr_vlink(struct fcoe_ctlr *fip, u32 desc_mask; LIBFCOE_FIP_DBG(fip, "Clear Virtual Link received\n"); - if (!fcf) - return; if (!fcf || !fc_host_port_id(lport->host)) return; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html