linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] [v2] IB/uverbs: clean up INIT_UDATA_BUF_OR

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Date:   Wed, 27 Sep 2017 09:09:42 -0400
From:   Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
        Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Matan Barak <matanb@...lanox.com>,
        Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...lanox.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] [v2] IB/uverbs: clean up INIT_UDATA_BUF_OR_NULL
 usage

On Wed, 2017-09-06 at 23:34 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> We get a harmless warning about the fact that we use the result of a
> multiplication as a condition:
> 
> drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c: In function 'ib_uverbs_write':
> drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c:787:40: error: '*' in boolean
> context, suggest '&&' instead [-Werror=int-in-bool-context]
> drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c:787:117: error: '*' in boolean
> context, suggest '&&' instead [-Werror=int-in-bool-context]
> drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c:790:50: error: '*' in boolean
> context, suggest '&&' instead [-Werror=int-in-bool-context]
> drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c:790:151: error: '*' in boolean
> context, suggest '&&' instead [-Werror=int-in-bool-context]
> 
> This avoids the problem by using an inline function in place of
> the macro.
> 
> Fixes: a96e4e2ffe43 ("IB/uverbs: New macro to set pointers to NULL if
> length is 0 in INIT_UDATA()")
> Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
> Link: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9940777/
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Thanks, applied.

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