Re: [PATCH 02/27] drivers/net: fix sparse warnings: make do-while a compound statement

From: Krzysztof Halasa
Date: Mon Dec 22 2008 - 17:14:30 EST


Hannes Eder <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Fix this sparse warnings:

Or: break the formating to silence sparse.

> drivers/net/atp.c:811:8: warning: do-while statement is not a compound statement
> drivers/net/atp.c:813:8: warning: do-while statement is not a compound statement
> drivers/net/atp.c:815:11: warning: do-while statement is not a compound statement
> drivers/net/atp.c:817:11: warning: do-while statement is not a compound statement

> --- a/drivers/net/starfire.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/starfire.c
> @@ -882,9 +882,9 @@ static int mdio_read(struct net_device *dev, int phy_id, int location)
> void __iomem *mdio_addr = np->base + MIICtrl + (phy_id<<7) + (location<<2);
> int result, boguscnt=1000;
> /* ??? Should we add a busy-wait here? */
> - do
> + do {
> result = readl(mdio_addr);
> - while ((result & 0xC0000000) != 0x80000000 && --boguscnt > 0);
> + } while ((result & 0xC0000000) != 0x80000000 && --boguscnt > 0);
> if (boguscnt == 0)
> return 0;
> if ((result & 0xffff) == 0xffff)


I don't know how one could think the above is an improvement.

This "do-while statement is not a compound statement" warning is
pure nonsense.
--
Krzysztof Halasa
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