linux-kernel - Re: Look Ma, da kernel is b0rken

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Message-ID: <20121205152756.5afec12c@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 5 Dec 2012 15:27:56 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Li Shaohua <shaohua.li@...el.com>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Look Ma, da kernel is b0rken

On Wed, 5 Dec 2012 15:29:35 +0100
Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 08:09:01AM +0100, Andreas Mohr wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c: In function 'ispnpidacpi':
> > drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c:65:2: warning: logical 'or' of collectively
> > exhaustive tests is always true [-Wlogical-op]
> > drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c:66:2: warning: logical 'or' of collectively
> > exhaustive tests is always true [-Wlogical-op]
> > drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c:67:2: warning: logical 'or' of collectively
> > exhaustive tests is always true [-Wlogical-op]
> > 
> > 
> > That's already the second less enticing -Wlogical-op issue
> > which was discovered by accident during less than two days

No it's not. It's been reported in bugzilla. I sent patches ages ago.
They were ignored. Coverity has had it tagged for years (and a ton more
of them you've not noticed yet)

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.acpi.devel/56753/match=test_alpha

This isn't discovered, this is in the "If you stick your fingers in your
ears and hum you can't hear the screaming" category.

Alan
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