linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: ucc_geth: Drop extraneous parentheses in comparison

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Date:   Fri, 23 Oct 2020 18:45:43 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        leoyang.li@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ucc_geth: Drop extraneous parentheses in
 comparison

On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:32:36 +1100 Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Clang warns about the extra parentheses in this comparison:
> 
>   drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c:1361:28:
>   warning: equality comparison with extraneous parentheses
>     if ((ugeth->phy_interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII))
>          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> It seems clear the intent here is to do a comparison not an
> assignment, so drop the extra parentheses to avoid any confusion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>

Applied, thanks!