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Message-ID: <2023081606-geology-purging-8ff1@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 16:42:41 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Atul Kumar Pant <atulpant.linux@...il.com>
Cc: richard.leitner@...ux.dev, wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com,
mhocko@...e.com, surenb@...gle.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, shuah@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] drivers: usb: Removes use of assignment in if
condition
On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 09:13:13AM +0530, Atul Kumar Pant wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 11:07:02PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 02:11:41AM +0530, Atul Kumar Pant wrote:
> > > This patch fixes following checkpatch.pl issue:
> > > ERROR: do not use assignment in if condition
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Atul Kumar Pant <atulpant.linux@...il.com>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/usb/core/devio.c | 3 ++-
> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
> > > index e501a03d6c70..56899fed6bd4 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
> > > @@ -2333,9 +2333,10 @@ static int proc_ioctl(struct usb_dev_state *ps, struct usbdevfs_ioctl *ctl)
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > + intf = usb_ifnum_to_if(ps->dev, ctl->ifno);
> > > if (ps->dev->state != USB_STATE_CONFIGURED)
> > > retval = -EHOSTUNREACH;
> > > - else if (!(intf = usb_ifnum_to_if(ps->dev, ctl->ifno)))
> > > + else if (!intf)
> >
> > Did you mean to change the logic here by doing the calculation always?
> > Does that change functionality?
> >
> Now the calculation of interface will be done always, which can be
> redundant. But this would not change the functionality.
Yes, but it is now redundant, so this change isn't really needed, the
original code is "more correct", please leave it as-is.
thanks,
greg k-h
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