[PATCH 2/6] qedi: Avoid unnecessary endpoint allocation on link down

[Manish Rangankar <mrangankar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

No need to allocate and deallocate endpoint memory,
if the physical link is down.

Signed-off-by: Manish Rangankar <mrangankar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_iscsi.c | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_iscsi.c
index 1f4a5fb..26b1151 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_iscsi.c
@@ -836,6 +836,11 @@ static int qedi_task_xmit(struct iscsi_task *task)
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
 
+	if (atomic_read(&qedi->link_state) != QEDI_LINK_UP) {
+		QEDI_WARN(&qedi->dbg_ctx, "qedi link down\n");
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
+	}
+
 	ep = iscsi_create_endpoint(sizeof(struct qedi_endpoint));
 	if (!ep) {
 		QEDI_ERR(&qedi->dbg_ctx, "endpoint create fail\n");
@@ -870,12 +875,6 @@ static int qedi_task_xmit(struct iscsi_task *task)
 		QEDI_ERR(&qedi->dbg_ctx, "Invalid endpoint\n");
 	}
 
-	if (atomic_read(&qedi->link_state) != QEDI_LINK_UP) {
-		QEDI_WARN(&qedi->dbg_ctx, "qedi link down\n");
-		ret = -ENXIO;
-		goto ep_conn_exit;
-	}
-
 	ret = qedi_alloc_sq(qedi, qedi_ep);
 	if (ret)
 		goto ep_conn_exit;
-- 
1.8.3.1