Re: [PATCH] scsi: message: fusion: remove unused timeleft variable

From: Bill Wendling
Date: Fri Mar 31 2023 - 15:40:45 EST


On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 9:26 AM Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> clang with W=1 reports
> drivers/message/fusion/mptsas.c:4796:17: error: variable
> 'timeleft' set but not used [-Werror,-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> unsigned long timeleft;
> ^
> This variable is not used so remove it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/message/fusion/mptsas.c | 3 ---
> 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/mptsas.c b/drivers/message/fusion/mptsas.c
> index 86f16f3ea478..d458665e2fc9 100644
> --- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptsas.c
> +++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptsas.c
> @@ -4793,7 +4793,6 @@ mptsas_issue_tm(MPT_ADAPTER *ioc, u8 type, u8 channel, u8 id, u64 lun,
> MPT_FRAME_HDR *mf;
> SCSITaskMgmt_t *pScsiTm;
> int retval;
> - unsigned long timeleft;
>
> *issue_reset = 0;
> mf = mpt_get_msg_frame(mptsasDeviceResetCtx, ioc);
> @@ -4829,8 +4828,6 @@ mptsas_issue_tm(MPT_ADAPTER *ioc, u8 type, u8 channel, u8 id, u64 lun,
> mpt_put_msg_frame_hi_pri(mptsasDeviceResetCtx, ioc, mf);
>
> /* Now wait for the command to complete */
> - timeleft = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ioc->taskmgmt_cmds.done,
> - timeout*HZ);

It looks bad to remove the call to wait_for_completion_timeout(). Is
it truly not needed? If it's needed, the "timeleft" should be checked
or a comment left to explain why it's not checked.

-bw

> if (!(ioc->taskmgmt_cmds.status & MPT_MGMT_STATUS_COMMAND_GOOD)) {
> retval = -1; /* return failure */
> dtmprintk(ioc, printk(MYIOC_s_ERR_FMT
> --
> 2.27.0
>
>