On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 12:25 PM John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In commit 0b639decf651 ("scsi: pm8001: Modify task abort handling for SATA
> task"), code was introduced to dereference "task" pointer in
> pm8001_abort_task(). However there was a pre-existing later check for
> "!task", which spooked the kernel test robot.
>
> Function pm8001_abort_task() should never be passed NULL for "task"
> pointer, so remove that check. Also remove the "unlikely" hint, as this is
> not fastpath code.
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c
> index 2359e827c9e6..e5673c774f66 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c
> @@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ int pm8001_abort_task(struct sas_task *task)
> u32 phy_id, port_id;
> struct sas_task_slow slow_task;
>
> - if (unlikely(!task || !task->lldd_task || !task->dev))
> + if (!task->lldd_task || !task->dev)
> return TMF_RESP_FUNC_FAILED;
>
> dev = task->dev;
> --
> 2.25.1
>
