netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ieee802154: fix variable declaration and initializer

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Message-ID: <1395205986.9114.57.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:	Tue, 18 Mar 2014 22:13:06 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Jean Sacren <sakiwit@...il.com>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Alexander Smirnov <alex.bluesman.smirnov@...il.com>,
	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	linux-zigbee-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Phoebe Buckheister <phoebe.buckheister@...m.fraunhofer.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ieee802154: fix variable declaration and
 initializer

On Tue, 2014-03-18 at 22:56 -0600, Jean Sacren wrote:
> Stating it is a "fix" is not a false statement at all. !! falsely
> changes the value to be int TWICE for nothing! Are you still not
> convinced?

I think you are mistaken.

X = !!(a) makes sure X is 0 or 1.

Its a valid and useful construct.

There is no _bug_ here.


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