linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/7] fs/direct-io.c: adjust suspicious bit operation

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Date:	Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:24:46 -0400
From:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, joe@...ches.com,
	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] fs/direct-io.c: adjust suspicious bit operation

Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr> writes:

> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
>
> READ is 0, so the result of the bit-and operation is 0.  Rewrite with == as
> done elsewhere in the same file.
>
> This problem was found using Coccinelle (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/).

Interesting catch, that one.  Yeah, we don't expect any readahead I/O to
be done via O_DIRECT.  The test for rw == READ all over that file seems
fine to me, given that.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
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