Re: [PATCH 2/9] drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c: Correct use of ! and &

From: Mark Pearson
Date: Wed Feb 27 2008 - 13:29:24 EST


Karol Kozimor wrote:
> On 26-02-2008, at 21:42, Julia Lawall wrote:
>> if (invert) /* invert target value */
>> - led_out = !led_out & 0x1;
>> + led_out = !(led_out & 0x1);
>>
>> if (!write_acpi_int(hotk->handle, ledname, led_out, NULL))
>> printk(KERN_WARNING "Asus ACPI: LED (%s) write failed\n",
>
>
> IIRC we're just supposed to flip the last bit here, so the original code
> is correct.
> Best regards,
>

Seems an odd way of doing:

led_out ^= 0x01;

It this due to some optimisation?

Cheers, Mark.
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