Re: [PATCH] fix incorrect test in trident_ac97_set(); sound/oss/trident.c

From: Ray Lee
Date: Wed Nov 07 2007 - 14:04:52 EST


On Nov 7, 2007 10:50 AM, Roel Kluin <12o3l@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If count reaches zero, the loop ends, but the postfix decrement still subtracts:
> testing for 'count == 0' will not work.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <12o3l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> diff --git a/sound/oss/trident.c b/sound/oss/trident.c
> index 96adc47..6959ee1 100644
> --- a/sound/oss/trident.c
> +++ b/sound/oss/trident.c
> @@ -2935,7 +2935,7 @@ trident_ac97_set(struct ac97_codec *codec, u8 reg, u16 val)
> do {
> if ((inw(TRID_REG(card, address)) & busy) == 0)
> break;
> - } while (count--);
> + } while (--count);
>
> data |= (mask | (reg & AC97_REG_ADDR));
>
> @@ -2996,7 +2996,7 @@ trident_ac97_get(struct ac97_codec *codec, u8 reg)
> data = inl(TRID_REG(card, address));
> if ((data & busy) == 0)
> break;
> - } while (count--);
> + } while (--count);
>
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->lock, flags);
>
> if (count == 0) {
>

Thanks, much better. In the future, please also CC: the appropriate
maintainers, or Andrew Morton if you're at a loss...

Reviewed-by: Ray Lee <ray-lk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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