linux-kernel - Re: drivers/md/dm-mpath.c:478: suspicious code ?

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Date:   Fri, 6 Jan 2017 15:08:55 -0500
From:   Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
To:     David Binderman <dcb314@...mail.com>
Cc:     "agk@...hat.com" <agk@...hat.com>,
        "dm-devel@...hat.com" <dm-devel@...hat.com>,
        "shli@...nel.org" <shli@...nel.org>,
        "linux-raid@...r.kernel.org" <linux-raid@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: drivers/md/dm-mpath.c:478: suspicious code ?

On Fri, Jan 06 2017 at 12:52pm -0500,
David Binderman <dcb314@...mail.com> wrote:

> Hello there,
> 
> drivers/md/dm-mpath.c:478:19: warning: decrement of a boolean expression [-Wbool-operation]
> 
> Source code is
> 
>    } while (bypassed--);
> 
> Suggest code rework. Maybe a boolean / int type mixup ?

Yeah, should be cleaned up.

Thanks for reporting this.