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Date:	Thu, 10 Jul 2014 07:36:50 -0500 (CDT)
From:	isely@...ly.net
To:	Andrey Utkin <andrey.krieger.utkin@...il.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	m.chehab@...sung.com, dcb314@...mail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: pvrusb2: make logging code sane


Nice.  I wonder if a previous merge mechanically resulted in this.  I 
can't imagine deliberately writing code like that.

  -Mike


Acked-by: Mike Isely <isely@...ox.com>

On Thu, 10 Jul 2014, Andrey Utkin wrote:

> The issue was discovered by static analysis. It turns out that code is
> somewhat insane, being
> if (x) {...} else { if (x) {...} }
> 
> Edited it to do the only reasonable thing, which is to log the
> information about the failed call. The most descriptive logging commands
> set is taken from original code.
> 
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79801
> Reported-by: David Binderman <dcb314@...mail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Utkin <andrey.krieger.utkin@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-v4l2.c | 12 +++---------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-v4l2.c b/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-v4l2.c
> index 7c280f3..1b158f1 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-v4l2.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-v4l2.c
> @@ -951,15 +951,9 @@ static long pvr2_v4l2_ioctl(struct file *file,
>  	if (ret < 0) {
>  		if (pvrusb2_debug & PVR2_TRACE_V4LIOCTL) {
>  			pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_V4LIOCTL,
> -				   "pvr2_v4l2_do_ioctl failure, ret=%ld", ret);
> -		} else {
> -			if (pvrusb2_debug & PVR2_TRACE_V4LIOCTL) {
> -				pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_V4LIOCTL,
> -					   "pvr2_v4l2_do_ioctl failure, ret=%ld"
> -					   " command was:", ret);
> -				v4l_printk_ioctl(pvr2_hdw_get_driver_name(hdw),
> -						cmd);
> -			}
> +				   "pvr2_v4l2_do_ioctl failure, ret=%ld"
> +				   " command was:", ret);
> +			v4l_printk_ioctl(pvr2_hdw_get_driver_name(hdw), cmd);
>  		}
>  	} else {
>  		pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_V4LIOCTL,
> 

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Mike Isely
isely @ isely (dot) net
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