linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [media] mb86a20s: remove redundant check if val is less than zero

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jul 2016 12:20:08 -0300
From:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
To:	Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [media] mb86a20s: remove redundant check if val is less
 than zero

Em Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:30:51 +0100
Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> escreveu:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The result of mb86a20s_readreg(state, 0x0a) & 0xf is always in the range
> 0x00 to 0x0f and can never be negative, so remove the redundant check
> of the result being less than zero.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a20s.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a20s.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a20s.c
> index fb88ddd..0205846 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a20s.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a20s.c
> @@ -302,8 +302,6 @@ static int mb86a20s_read_status(struct dvb_frontend *fe, enum fe_status *status)
>  	*status = 0;
>  
>  	val = mb86a20s_readreg(state, 0x0a) & 0xf;
> -	if (val < 0)
> -		return val;

Actually, mb86a20s_readreg() can return a negative value.

Please change the above logic to first check for the value returned
from mb86a20s_readreg() and then apply the bitmask.

Thanks,
Mauro

>  
>  	if (val >= 2)
>  		*status |= FE_HAS_SIGNAL;



Thanks,
Mauro