Re: [PATCH 5/5]bluetooth:hci_bcsp Fix operation on 'bcsp->msgq_txseq' may be undefined

[Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@petrovitsch.priv.at>]

On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 13:52 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > -		BT_DBG("Sending packet with seqno %u", bcsp->msgq_txseq);
> > -		bcsp->msgq_txseq = ++(bcsp->msgq_txseq) & 0x07;
> > +		BT_DBG("Sending packet with seqno %u", bcsp->msgq_txseq | ret);
> > +		ret = ++(bcsp->msgq_txseq) & 0x07;
> 
> I don't know what you're trying to do here, but you seem to be trying to send
> the computed value back in time.
> 
> The problem is that the compiler is confused about why a '++' operator makes

It's even worse as that expression is explicitly undefined (and should
be fixed anyways and unconditionally).

> any sense here.  It doesn't.  It should be a '+ 1' instead.  I think what you
> want is:
> 
> 	-	bcsp->msgq_txseq = ++(bcsp->msgq_txseq) & 0x07;
> 	+	bcsp->msgq_txseq = (bcsp->msgq_txseq + 1) & 0x07;

Yes, that's looks like the most probable intention of it - at least for
one who doesn't know the bluetooth code.

	Bernd
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