netdev - Re: [PATCH] isdn: isdnloop: fix logic error in isdnloop

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Message-Id: <20170907.200430.192546025684691135.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 07 Sep 2017 20:04:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     arnd@...db.de
Cc:     isdn@...ux-pingi.de, joe@...ches.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] isdn: isdnloop: fix logic error in isdnloop_sendbuf

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Date: Wed,  6 Sep 2017 15:38:58 +0200

> gcc-7 found an ancient bug in the loop driver, leading to a condition that
> is always false, meaning we ignore the contents of 'card->flags' here:
> 
> drivers/isdn/isdnloop/isdnloop.c:412:37: error: ?: using integer constants in boolean context, the expression will always evaluate to 'true' [-Werror=int-in-bool-context]
> 
> This changes the braces in the expression to ensure we actually
> compare the flag bits, rather than comparing a constant. As Joe Perches
> pointed out, an earlier patch of mine incorrectly assumed this was a
> false-positive warning.
> 
> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> Link: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9840289/
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Applied, thank you.