linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Avoid compiler warning by storing the result of rq_data

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sun, 2 Aug 2015 15:48:45 +0200
From:	Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
To:	Tomer Barletz <barletz@...il.com>
Cc:	dwmw2@...radead.org, computersforpeace@...il.com,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Avoid compiler warning by storing the result of
 rq_data_dir() in an int variable

* Tomer Barletz | 2015-08-02 03:36:52 [-0700]:

>With gcc 5.1 I get:
>warning: switch condition has boolean value [-Wswitch-bool]
>
>Signed-off-by: Tomer Barletz <barletz@...il.com>
>---
> drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
>index 41acc50..8c3715c 100644
>--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
>+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
>@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static int do_blktrans_request(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr,
> {
> 	unsigned long block, nsect;
> 	char *buf;
>+	int rq;
> 
> 	block = blk_rq_pos(req) << 9 >> tr->blkshift;
> 	nsect = blk_rq_cur_bytes(req) >> tr->blkshift;
>@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ static int do_blktrans_request(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr,
> 	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD)
> 		return tr->discard(dev, block, nsect);
> 
>-	switch(rq_data_dir(req)) {
>+	rq = rq_data_dir(req);
>+	switch(rq) {

Gcc warning seems over the top here, but when then the coding guideline should
be meet:

switch (rw) {
[..]

On the other hand, rq_data_dir() *could* be simplified to:

#define rq_data_dir(rq)         (((rq)->cmd_flags & 1)

Or just re-code the construct into a if else construct.

if (rw == READ) {
[...]
} else {
[...]
}

The default branch is superfluous anyway here.

Hagen
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/