[PATCH 4.9 03/64] padata: get_next is never NULL

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue May 26 2020 - 15:32:07 EST


From: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 69b348449bda0f9588737539cfe135774c9939a7 upstream.

Per Dan's static checker warning, the code that returns NULL was removed
in 2010, so this patch updates the comments and fixes the code
assumptions.

Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
kernel/padata.c | 13 ++++---------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/padata.c
+++ b/kernel/padata.c
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(padata_do_parallel);
* A pointer to the control struct of the next object that needs
* serialization, if present in one of the percpu reorder queues.
*
- * NULL, if all percpu reorder queues are empty.
- *
* -EINPROGRESS, if the next object that needs serialization will
* be parallel processed by another cpu and is not yet present in
* the cpu's reorder queue.
@@ -184,8 +182,6 @@ static struct padata_priv *padata_get_ne
cpu = padata_index_to_cpu(pd, next_index);
next_queue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->pqueue, cpu);

- padata = NULL;
-
reorder = &next_queue->reorder;

spin_lock(&reorder->lock);
@@ -237,12 +233,11 @@ static void padata_reorder(struct parall
padata = padata_get_next(pd);

/*
- * All reorder queues are empty, or the next object that needs
- * serialization is parallel processed by another cpu and is
- * still on it's way to the cpu's reorder queue, nothing to
- * do for now.
+ * If the next object that needs serialization is parallel
+ * processed by another cpu and is still on it's way to the
+ * cpu's reorder queue, nothing to do for now.
*/
- if (!padata || PTR_ERR(padata) == -EINPROGRESS)
+ if (PTR_ERR(padata) == -EINPROGRESS)
break;

/*