Re: [PATCH 1/4] fix not-and/or errors

[Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>]

Roel Kluin <12o3l@tiscali.nl> writes:

> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.c b/drivers/scsi/st.c
> index 73c44cb..81943ef 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/st.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c
> @@ -2882,7 +2882,7 @@ static int st_int_ioctl(struct scsi_tape *STp, unsigned int cmd_in, unsigned lon
>  			    !(STp->use_pf & PF_TESTED)) {
>  				/* Try the other possible state of Page Format if not
>  				   already tried */
> -				STp->use_pf = !STp->use_pf | PF_TESTED;
> +				STp->use_pf = !(STp->use_pf | PF_TESTED);

This does not make sense.  Since PF_TESTED is non-zero the expression
will always be zero.

Looking at the context the original expression is likely to be the
intended one.  use_pf at this point can either be 0 or 1 (USE_PF), and
the result is supposed to be (1|PF_TESTED) or (0|PF_TESTED), resp.

Andreas.

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