Re: [PATCH] nfsd: delete unnecessary NULL check in __fh_verify()

[Scott Mayhew]

On Thu, 04 Sep 2025, Dan Carpenter wrote:

> In commit 4a0de50a44bb ("nfsd: decouple the xprtsec policy check from
> check_nfsd_access()") we added a NULL check on "rqstp" to earlier in
> the function.  This check is no longer required so delete it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Scott Mayhew <smayhew@xxxxxxxxxx>

-Scott
> ---
>  fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
> index 062cfc18d8c6..3edccc38db42 100644
> --- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
> +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
> @@ -403,9 +403,7 @@ __fh_verify(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
>  	if (error)
>  		goto out;
>  
> -	/* During LOCALIO call to fh_verify will be called with a NULL rqstp */
> -	if (rqstp)
> -		svc_xprt_set_valid(rqstp->rq_xprt);
> +	svc_xprt_set_valid(rqstp->rq_xprt);
>  
>  check_permissions:
>  	/* Finally, check access permissions. */
> -- 
> 2.47.2
>