netdev - Re: [PATCH] 3c59x: Don't assign when a comparison is intended

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Date:	Sat, 25 Dec 2010 21:50:56 +0100
From:	richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, vortex@...ld.com, becker@...ld.com,
	Steffen Klassert <klassert@...hematik.tu-chemnitz.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 3c59x: Don't assign when a comparison is intended

On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In drivers/net/3c59x.c::vortex_probe1() we have this code:
>
>        if (gendev) {
>                if ((pdev = DEVICE_PCI(gendev))) {
>                        print_name = pci_name(pdev);
>                }
>
>                if ((edev = DEVICE_EISA(gendev))) {
>                        print_name = dev_name(&edev->dev);
>                }
>        }
>
> I believe these assignments were intended to be comparisons.
> If I'm correct, then here's a patch to fix that up.

I don't think so. Look at the extra brackets.

The code can also written as:

pdev = DEVICE_PCI(gendev);
if(pdev)
  print_name = pci_name(pdev);


>
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
> ---
>  3c59x.c |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> diff --git a/drivers/net/3c59x.c b/drivers/net/3c59x.c
> index 0a92436f..db8a80e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/3c59x.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/3c59x.c
> @@ -1110,11 +1110,11 @@ static int __devinit vortex_probe1(struct device *gendev,
>        }
>
>        if (gendev) {
> -               if ((pdev = DEVICE_PCI(gendev))) {
> +               if ((pdev == DEVICE_PCI(gendev))) {
>                        print_name = pci_name(pdev);
>                }
>
> -               if ((edev = DEVICE_EISA(gendev))) {
> +               if ((edev == DEVICE_EISA(gendev))) {
>                        print_name = dev_name(&edev->dev);
>                }
>        }
>
>
> --
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-- 
Thanks,
//richard
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