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From: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Dipendra Khadka <kdipendra88@gmail.com>,
	avel@ucw.cz, linux-leds@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: leds: replace divide condition 'shift / 16' with 'shift >= 16'
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:01:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241015090102.GD8348@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZwkLCE9x5DWtaaJU@duo.ucw.cz>

On Fri, 11 Oct 2024, Pavel Machek wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> > Staging!  Why Staging?
> > 
> > On Sun, 22 Sep 2024, Dipendra Khadka wrote:
> > 
> > > Smatch reported following:
> > > '''
> > > drivers/leds/leds-bcm6328.c:116 bcm6328_led_mode() warn: replace divide condition 'shift / 16' with 'shift >= 16'
> > > drivers/leds/leds-bcm6328.c:360 bcm6328_led() warn: replace divide condition 'shift / 16' with 'shift >= 16'
> > > '''
> > > Replacing 'shift / 16' with 'shift >= 16'.
> > 
> > More info please.
> > 
> > - What is the current problem you're attempting to solve?
> > - How does this patch help with that?
> > - What are the consequences for not applying this fix?
> 
> Take a look at patch. Doing shift / 16 when testing on >= 16 is just
> ugly. It is simple cleanup.

You missed the point of the comments.

Copying / pasting the warning into the subject-line and commit message
without any additional wordage is sub-optimal.  Please improve the
commit message.

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]

  reply	other threads:[~2024-10-15  9:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-09-22 17:40 [PATCH] Staging: leds: replace divide condition 'shift / 16' with 'shift >= 16' Dipendra Khadka
2024-09-26 10:14 ` Pavel Machek
2024-10-09 13:37 ` Lee Jones
2024-10-11 11:24   ` Pavel Machek
2024-10-15  9:01     ` Lee Jones [this message]
2024-10-17 19:23       ` Dipendra Khadka

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