linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: edd: Remove redundant condition

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Message-ID: <YjSF9fmBHciZl6Lc@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:15:33 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>
Cc:     sudeep.holla@....com, cristian.marussi@....com, ardb@...nel.org,
        bjorn.andersson@...aro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: edd: Remove redundant condition

On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 06:05:20PM +0800, Haowen Bai wrote:
> The logic !A || A && B is equivalent to !A || B. so we have
> to make code clear.

But the logic here is:
	(!A || (A && B))
not:
	(!A || A && B)

as you write.

Is that the same?  I don't want to have to dig up my son's logic
textbook...

How did you test this?

thanks,

greg k-h