Re: [PATCH] (2.5.66-mm2) War on warnings

[Matthew Dobson <colpatch@us.ibm.com>]

Martin J. Bligh wrote:
>>>drivers/base/node.c: In function `register_node_type':
>>>drivers/base/node.c:96: warning: suggest parentheses around assignment used as truth value
>>>drivers/base/memblk.c: In function `register_memblk_type':
>>>drivers/base/memblk.c:54: warning: suggest parentheses around assignment used as truth value
>>>
>>>Bah.
>>>
>>>--- linux-2.5.66-mm2/drivers/base/node.c	2003-04-01 06:40:02.000000000 -0800
>>>+++ 2.5.66-mm2/drivers/base/node.c	2003-04-01 06:37:32.000000000 -0800
>>>@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int __init register_node_type(void)
>>> {
>>> 	int error;
>>> 	if (!(error = devclass_register(&node_devclass)))
>>>-		if (error = driver_register(&node_driver))
>>>+		if ((error = driver_register(&node_driver)))
>>> 			devclass_unregister(&node_devclass);
>>
>>Personally, I feel statements like these are prone to continual error
>>and confusion.  I would prefer to break each test like this out into
>>separate assignment and test statements.  Combining them decreases
>>readability, while saving a paltry few extra bytes of source code.
>>
>>Sure, the gcc warning is silly, but the code is a bit obtuse too.
> 
> 
> True, I agree with this in general, and I think Andrew does too, from
> previous comments. I was just being lazy ;-) More appropriate patch below.
> Compile tested, but not run.
> 
> M.

Shouldn't there be an accompanying change to drivers/base/cpu.c?  I had 
sent a patch that fixed all three, I believe.  Did the cpu changes get 
dropped?

-Matt

> 
> diff -urpN -X /home/fletch/.diff.exclude mm2/drivers/base/memblk.c mm2-warnfix/drivers/base/memblk.c
> --- mm2/drivers/base/memblk.c	Tue Apr  1 08:05:55 2003
> +++ mm2-warnfix/drivers/base/memblk.c	Tue Apr  1 08:08:36 2003
> @@ -50,9 +50,13 @@ int __init register_memblk(struct memblk
>  int __init register_memblk_type(void)
>  {
>  	int error;
> -	if (!(error = devclass_register(&memblk_devclass)))
> -		if (error = driver_register(&memblk_driver))
> +
> +	error = devclass_register(&memblk_devclass);
> +	if (!error) {
> +		error = driver_register(&memblk_driver);
> +		if (error)
>  			devclass_unregister(&memblk_devclass);
> +	}
>  	return error;
>  }
>  postcore_initcall(register_memblk_type);
> diff -urpN -X /home/fletch/.diff.exclude mm2/drivers/base/node.c mm2-warnfix/drivers/base/node.c
> --- mm2/drivers/base/node.c	Tue Apr  1 08:05:55 2003
> +++ mm2-warnfix/drivers/base/node.c	Tue Apr  1 08:07:36 2003
> @@ -92,9 +92,13 @@ int __init register_node(struct node *no
>  int __init register_node_type(void)
>  {
>  	int error;
> -	if (!(error = devclass_register(&node_devclass)))
> -		if (error = driver_register(&node_driver))
> +	
> +	error = devclass_register(&node_devclass);
> +	if (!error) {
> +		error = driver_register(&node_driver);
> +		if (error)
>  			devclass_unregister(&node_devclass);
> +	}
>  	return error;
>  }
>  postcore_initcall(register_node_type);
> 
>