linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] Fix dubious bitwise 'and' usage spotted by sparse.

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Date:	Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:58:50 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@...il.com>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Trivial Kernel Patches <trivial@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] Fix dubious bitwise 'and' usage spotted by sparse.

On Sat, 10 Jan 2009, Alexey Zaytsev wrote:

> It doesn't change the semantics, but it looks like
> the logical 'and' was meant to be used here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/rc.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/rc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/rc.c
> index cca2fc5..e8eb20d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/rc.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/rc.c
> @@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ ath_rc_get_nextvalid_txrate(const struct ath_rate_table *rate_table,
>  
>  static int ath_rc_valid_phyrate(u32 phy, u32 capflag, int ignore_cw)
>  {
> -	if (WLAN_RC_PHY_HT(phy) & !(capflag & WLAN_RC_HT_FLAG))
> +	if (WLAN_RC_PHY_HT(phy) && !(capflag & WLAN_RC_HT_FLAG))
>  		return FALSE;
>  	if (WLAN_RC_PHY_DS(phy) && !(capflag & WLAN_RC_DS_FLAG))
>  		return FALSE;

This one needs a small fixup, as the buggy code got moved around to 
ath_rc_valid_phyrate().

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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