linux-kernel - Re: drivers/mtd/devices/doc2000.c - address of 'eccbuf' will always evaluate as 'true' , warnings

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:44:52 +0200
From:	Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...glemail.com>
To:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: drivers/mtd/devices/doc2000.c - address of 'eccbuf' will always
 evaluate as 'true' , warnings

Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Sun, 22 July 2007 22:29:29 +0200, Gabriel C wrote:
>> @@ -896,25 +896,6 @@ static int doc_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len,
>>  		/* Let the caller know we completed it */
>>  		*retlen += len;
>>  
>> -		if (eccbuf) {
>> -			unsigned char x[8];
>> -			size_t dummy;
>> -			int ret;
>> -
>> -			/* Write the ECC data to flash */
>> -			for (di=0; di<6; di++)
>> -				x[di] = eccbuf[di];
>> -
>> -			x[6]=0x55;
>> -			x[7]=0x55;
>> -
>> -			ret = doc_write_oob_nolock(mtd, to, 8, &dummy, x);
>> -			if (ret) {
>> -				mutex_unlock(&this->lock);
>> -				return ret;
>> -			}
>> -		}
>> -
>>  		to += len;
>>  		left -= len;
>>  		buf += len;
> 
> You should remove the condition, but not the conditional code.

Sorry , I was away from keyboard.

Then I can't understand what this code is doing :/ 

So let Thomas or someone know this code fix it.

> 
> Jörn
> 

Regards,

Gabriel
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