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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mt7601u: fix always true expression
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
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To:     Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com>
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Date:   Sun, 11 Apr 2021 09:30:11 +0000 (UTC)
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Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> 
> Currently the expression ~nic_conf1 is always true because nic_conf1
> is a u16 and according to 6.5.3.3 of the C standard the ~ operator
> promotes the u16 to an integer before flipping all the bits. Thus
> the top 16 bits of the integer result are all set so the expression
> is always true.  If the intention was to flip all the bits of nic_conf1
> then casting the integer result back to a u16 is a suitabel fix.
> 
> Interestingly static analyzers seem to thing a bitwise ! should be
> used instead of ~ for this scenario, so I think the original intent
> of the expression may need some extra consideration.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Logical vs. bitwise operator")
> Fixes: c869f77d6abb ("add mt7601u driver")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@wp.pl>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

87fce88658ba mt7601u: fix always true expression

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