On 10/07/2017 08:06, Yijing Wang wrote:
static void sas_chain_event(int event, unsigned long *pending, @@ -592,9 +596,9 @@ int sas_discover_event(struct asd_sas_port *port, enum discover_event ev) { struct sas_discovery *disc; + disc = &port->disc; if (!port) return 0; - disc = &port->disc; BUG_ON(ev >= DISC_NUM_EVENTS); diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c index 570b2cb..9d26c28 1
I was just looking through the code and I noticed this, above. Is there a specific reason to move the NULL check, or was it modified accidentally?
I mean, if port is NULL I don't think we would get as far as checking it as we would have already de-referenced it.