Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261756AbVEPRB1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 May 2005 13:01:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261760AbVEPQ7g (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 May 2005 12:59:36 -0400 Received: from mail.dif.dk ([193.138.115.101]:18376 "EHLO saerimmer.dif.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261756AbVEPQ7I (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 May 2005 12:59:08 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 19:03:11 +0200 (CEST) From: Jesper Juhl To: Jesper Juhl Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" , linux-kernel , Eric Youngdale , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: test of 'good_bytes' in scsi_io_completion is always true (in drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2265 Lines: 66 On Mon, 16 May 2005, Jesper Juhl wrote: > (please keep me on the CC list when replying) > > > Hi James, > > I never got any response to the mail below, so I'll try again :) > Should we just get rid of the code in the 'if' since it'll never trigger, I mean get rid of the "if", not "the code in the if" of course.. > or was the intention actually to test if (good_bytes > 0) ? If so, then > the patch should make good sense... > > Comments ? > > -- > Jesper Juhl > > > On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > > > > in drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c::scsi_io_completion() 'good_bytes' is tested > > for being >= 0, but 'good_bytes' is an unsigned int, so that test is > > always true. My *guess* is that what was intended was to test if > > good_bytes is > 0, but I don't know this code well enough to be sure. > > The patch below makes the change to test if it's > 0, but if the code in > > the 'if' really wants to run if it's >= 0, then we might as well just > > remove the 'if'. > > > > In any case, the current code looks fishy. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl > > > > --- linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-orig/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c 2005-04-11 21:20:49.000000000 +0200 > > +++ linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c 2005-04-20 00:29:14.000000000 +0200 > > @@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd > > * Next deal with any sectors which we were able to correctly > > * handle. > > */ > > - if (good_bytes >= 0) { > > + if (good_bytes > 0) { > > SCSI_LOG_HLCOMPLETE(1, printk("%ld sectors total, %d bytes done.\n", > > req->nr_sectors, good_bytes)); > > SCSI_LOG_HLCOMPLETE(1, printk("use_sg is %d\n", cmd->use_sg)); > > > > > > > > > > Please keep me on CC: > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/