From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The 2nd check to see if request_size is less than zero is redundant because the first check takes error exit path on this condition. So, since it is redundant, remove it. Detected by CoverityScan, CID#146149 ("Logically Dead Code") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c index a4aadf5f4dc6..1cc814f1505a 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c @@ -3770,9 +3770,6 @@ static long pmcraid_ioctl_passthrough( pmcraid_err("couldn't build passthrough ioadls\n"); goto out_free_cmd; } - } else if (request_size < 0) { - rc = -EINVAL; - goto out_free_cmd; } /* If data is being written into the device, copy the data from user -- 2.11.0 -- 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