linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "platform/x86/toshiba-apci.c possible bad if test?"

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Date:	Wed, 20 Aug 2014 13:31:30 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Ari Sundholm <asundhol@...hut.fi>
Cc:	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "platform/x86/toshiba-apci.c possible bad if test?"

On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:03:26 +0300, Ari Sundholm said:
> From: Ari Sundholm <ari@...era.com>
>
> This reverts commit bdc3ae7221213963f438faeaa69c8b4a2195f491.

> +	if (sscanf(buf, "%i", &mode) != 1 && (mode != 2 || mode != 1))
>  		return -EINVAL;

I'm not convinced that's right either.  If we come in and mode == 1, then
the mode != 2 is true, and yoinks...

I think this wanted to be   sscanf() != 1 || ! (mode == 2 || mode == 1)

I'll spin a patch against the reverted version if desired.

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