linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/cacheinfo: fix a -Wtype-limits warning

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Message-ID: <20190619171842.GG9574@zn.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 19 Jun 2019 19:18:42 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Qian Cai <cai@....pw>, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/cacheinfo: fix a -Wtype-limits warning

On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 10:12:49AM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Ha, no.  My comment was that it'd be worth explaining that the original
> 'c->x86_model >= 0' check was completely bogus, even if the intent was
> something like 'c->x86_model != 0'.

Nah, the intent was, I believe, to convert a model range into a
conditional. If ->x86_model is not set we have bigger problems.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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