From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> At the point where cmnd is initialized, it is tested for NULL, so it doesn't have to be tested again here. A simplified version of the semantic match that detects this problem is as follows (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/): // <smpl> @match exists@ expression x, E; identifier fld; @@ * x->fld ... when != \(x = E\|&x\) * x == NULL // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/initio.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/scsi/initio.c~drivers-scsi-remove-unnecessary-null-test drivers/scsi/initio.c --- a/drivers/scsi/initio.c~drivers-scsi-remove-unnecessary-null-test +++ a/drivers/scsi/initio.c @@ -2817,7 +2817,6 @@ static void i91uSCBPost(u8 * host_mem, u } cmnd->result = cblk->tastat | (cblk->hastat << 16); - WARN_ON(cmnd == NULL); i91u_unmap_scb(host->pci_dev, cmnd); cmnd->scsi_done(cmnd); /* Notify system DONE */ initio_release_scb(host, cblk); /* Release SCB for current channel */ _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html