[patch 15/28] scsi: remove superfluous NULL pointer check from scsi_kill_request()

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From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx>

Dan's list included:

drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c +1365 scsi_kill_request(9) warning: variable derefenced in initializer 'cmd'
drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c +1365 scsi_kill_request(9) warning: variable derefenced before check 'cmd'

We dereference cmd (and possible OOPS if cmd == NULL) before starting the
request so just remove the superfluous debugging code altogether.

[ bart: the potential NULL pointer dereference was finally fixed in
  (much later than mine) commit 03b1470 but my patch is still valid ]

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Eugene Teo <eteo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c |    6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c~scsi-remove-superfluous-null-pointer-check-from-scsi_kill_request drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c~scsi-remove-superfluous-null-pointer-check-from-scsi_kill_request
+++ a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -1372,12 +1372,6 @@ static void scsi_kill_request(struct req
 
 	blk_start_request(req);
 
-	if (unlikely(cmd == NULL)) {
-		printk(KERN_CRIT "impossible request in %s.\n",
-				 __func__);
-		BUG();
-	}
-
 	sdev = cmd->device;
 	starget = scsi_target(sdev);
 	shost = sdev->host;
_
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