linux-kernel - Re: keyspan_pda.c use of keyspan_pda_get_modem

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Date:	Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:23:46 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Benny Halevy <bhalevy@...asas.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: keyspan_pda.c use of keyspan_pda_get_modem_info

> In these two call sites the callers bail out if
> keyspan_pda_get_modem_info return value is < 0

I don't think that is what the compiler is warning about.

We error on rc < 0
We use the returned status on rc >= 0

We set the returned status on rc > 0

So the rc = 0 case is broken and gcc seems to be correct about that
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