linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: bcm2835-camera: remove extraneous setting of dev->colourfx.enable

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Message-ID: <d753df4f-e812-c366-0b1d-9ff804da0ab5@i2se.com>
Date:   Mon, 8 Oct 2018 17:48:03 +0200
From:   Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>,
        Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@...pberrypi.org>
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: bcm2835-camera: remove extraneous setting of
 dev->colourfx.enable

Hi Colin,

Am 08.10.2018 um 16:50 schrieb Colin King:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> Currently dev->colourfx.enable is being set twice, hence the first
> occurrance is redundant and can be removed, so remove it. This minor
> issue was introduced by commit 7b3ad5abf027 ("staging: Import the
> BCM2835 MMAL-based V4L2 camera driver.").
>
> Detected by CoverityScan CID#1419711 ("Unused value")
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/controls.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/controls.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/controls.c
> index a2c55cb2192a..99831dd4365d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/controls.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/controls.c
> @@ -588,7 +588,6 @@ static int ctrl_set_colfx(struct bm2835_mmal_dev *dev,
>  
>  	control = &dev->component[MMAL_COMPONENT_CAMERA]->control;
>  
> -	dev->colourfx.enable = (ctrl->val & 0xff00) >> 8;
>  	dev->colourfx.enable = ctrl->val & 0xff;
>  
>  	ret = vchiq_mmal_port_parameter_set(dev->instance, control,

as long as the current behavior is correct, i'm okay with this patch.
But the byte masking looks suspicious, so i hope Dave can clarify that.

Thanks Stefan