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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
To: Andrey Utkin <andrey.krieger.utkin@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
	kgdb-bugreport@lists.sourceforge.net, dcb314@hotmail.com,
	jason.wessel@windriver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c: drop negativity check on unsigned value
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:47:21 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140722074721.GM25880@mwanda> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1405697692-23816-1-git-send-email-andrey.krieger.utkin@gmail.com>

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 06:34:52PM +0300, Andrey Utkin wrote:
>  static char *kdb_bptype(kdb_bp_t *bp)
>  {
> -	if (bp->bp_type < 0 || bp->bp_type > 4)
> +	if (bp->bp_type > 4)
>  		return "";

With Smatch, I ignore negative checks in this format.  It's obvious what
the intent is and they are harmless.  Patching them requires a little
review to make sure that someone isn't introducing a bug and can't be
done directly in the email client.

On the other hand, in Smatch I do complain about checks like:

	if (bp->bp_type > 4 || bp->bp_type < 0)

Because only backwards thinking people write checks like that.

regards,
dan carpenter


      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-07-22  7:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-18 15:34 [PATCH 4/5] kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c: drop negativity check on unsigned value Andrey Utkin
2014-07-18 17:18 ` walter harms
2014-07-18 17:41   ` Andrey Utkin
2014-07-22  7:47 ` Dan Carpenter [this message]

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