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From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@treblig.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, nicolas.ferre@atmel.com,
	dan.j.williams@intel.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix missing 'cnt' in ?: in dmatest
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 02:12:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110821011240.GG2203@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110821005031.GB10377@gallifrey>

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 01:50:31AM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:

> (WTH is x=y?:z legal C anyway?)

gccism.  It's not legal C; it's a gcc extension, and not a pretty one at
that.  It's almost definitely a bug in this case - what used to be in the
tree is equivalent to cnt > 0 ? cnt > 0 : 0, i.e. cnt > 0 ? 1 : 0, i.e.
cnt > 0.  AFAICS, after your patch it does make sense.

> Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@treblig.org>
> 
> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
> index 765f5ff..1b0ec9d 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
> @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ static int dmatest_add_channel(struct dma_chan *chan)
>  	}
>  	if (dma_has_cap(DMA_PQ, dma_dev->cap_mask)) {
>  		cnt = dmatest_add_threads(dtc, DMA_PQ);
> -		thread_count += cnt > 0 ?: 0;
> +		thread_count += cnt > 0 ? cnt : 0;
>  	}
>  
>  	pr_info("dmatest: Started %u threads using %s\n",
> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2011-08-21  1:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-21  0:50 [PATCH] Fix missing 'cnt' in ?: in dmatest Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2011-08-21  1:12 ` Al Viro [this message]
2011-08-25 22:55   ` Dan Williams

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