The if and else branches have the exact same code, which then always executes independent of the condition evaluation. Simplify the code by removing the redundant branching. Issue identified using the cond_no_effect Coccinelle semantic patch. Signed-off-by: Deepak R Varma <drv@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/elx/libefc_sli/sli4.c | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/elx/libefc_sli/sli4.c b/drivers/scsi/elx/libefc_sli/sli4.c index b8c048cdb17f..833fe4bd012e 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/elx/libefc_sli/sli4.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/elx/libefc_sli/sli4.c @@ -2317,12 +2317,7 @@ sli_xmit_bls_rsp64_wqe(struct sli4 *sli, void *buf, SLI4_GENERIC_CONTEXT_VPI << SLI4_BLS_RSP_WQE_CT_SHFT; bls->context_tag = cpu_to_le16(params->vpi); - if (params->s_id != U32_MAX) - bls->local_n_port_id_dword |= - cpu_to_le32(params->s_id & 0x00ffffff); - else - bls->local_n_port_id_dword |= - cpu_to_le32(params->s_id & 0x00ffffff); + bls->local_n_port_id_dword |= cpu_to_le32(params->s_id & 0x00ffffff); dw_ridflags = (dw_ridflags & ~SLI4_BLS_RSP_RID) | (params->d_id & SLI4_BLS_RSP_RID); -- 2.34.1