Re: keyspan_pda.c use of keyspan_pda_get_modem_info

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Jun 27 2008 - 00:20:49 EST


On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 04:23:46PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > In these two call sites the callers bail out if
> > keyspan_pda_get_modem_info return value is < 0
>
> I don't think that is what the compiler is warning about.
>
> We error on rc < 0
> We use the returned status on rc >= 0
>
> We set the returned status on rc > 0
>
> So the rc = 0 case is broken and gcc seems to be correct about that

Yes, that is correct, fortunatly that function can never return rc = 0,
so this will not happen in real life.

But there is really no way the compiler can ever figure that out, so I
don't blame it for complaining.

If you want to make a simple patch to make the compiler happy and be
quiet about the warning, I'll take it.

thanks,

greg k-h
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