linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USB: debugging code shouldn't alter control flow

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Date:	Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:49:06 +0100
From:	Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: debugging code shouldn't alter control flow

On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:38:14 -0500 (EST), Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:

> -	urb->transfer_flags &= allowed;
> +	allowed &= urb->transfer_flags;

Minor bikeshed here, but 'allowed' is not the right name for the value
at this point; perhaps just
        
	/* warn if submitter gave bogus flags */
	if ((urb->transfer_flags & allowed) != urb->transfer_flags)

might be better?

Otherwise, this looks nice to me.

Acked-by: Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>

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