Re: acpi_cpu_freq_init warning...

Linus Torvalds
2008-05-06T14:48:31Z

On Tue, 6 May 2008, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
> - if ((drv->entry.next != drv->entry.prev) ||
> + if ((drv->entry.next != drv->entry.prev) &&
> (drv->entry.next != NULL)) {

Umm. That code still makes no sense.

The "drv->entry.next == drv->entry.prev" condition will trigger under
*three* different circumstances:

- next/prev == NULL (uninitialized). Checked for by the explicit check
against NULL.

- list empty (both next/prev point back to itself), which I assume the
check was *meant* for.

- list has only *one* entry, when next/prev both point to the list head.

and I'm pretty damn sure that whoever wrote that code didn't mean that
last one, but who knows..

The fact is, looking at next/prev this way is a sure way to have bugs.

What is that PoS *trying* to test for? I assume it is meant to test for

/* Is the list initialized and non-empty? */
if (drv->entry.next && !list_empty(&drv->entry)) {
...

and dammit, just doing it that way is shorter and simpler.

Linus