linux-kernel - Re: drivers: Probable misuses of ||

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Date:	Fri, 04 May 2012 16:13:04 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...allels.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
Subject: Re: drivers: Probable misuses of ||

On Fri, 2012-05-04 at 23:56 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 04 May 2012 14:54:37 -0700
> Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2012-04-04 at 16:00 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > Likely these should be && not ||
> > > 
> > > drivers/scsi/FlashPoint.c:				if(bit_cnt != 0 || bit_cnt != 8)
> > 
> > It's been a month.
> > 
> > Do you maintainers not care about these obvious defects?
> 
> You are assuming the code in question has maintainers.

Nope.  I'm assuming the nominal subsystem maintainers
haven't bothered to look at it or are in "don't care"
mode and I am simply prompting people to look again.

Richard Weinberger replied showing that the flashpoint
bit was commented out.  Thanks Richard.

cheers, Joe


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