linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, RESEND 03/14] drm/vmwgfx: avoid gcc-7 parentheses warning

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Date:   Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:21:13 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        VMware Graphics <linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com>,
        Sinclair Yeh <syeh@...are.com>,
        Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@...are.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        IDE-ML <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        DRI <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Brian Paul <brianp@...are.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RESEND 03/14] drm/vmwgfx: avoid gcc-7 parentheses warning

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 2:25 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> -       return capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ? : -EINVAL;
> +       return capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ? 1 : -EINVAL;

NAK. This takes unintentionally insane code and turns it intentionally
insane. Any non-zero return is considered an error.

The right fix is almost certainly to just return -EINVAL unconditionally.

                  Linus