Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Sun, 22 July 2007 14:13:26 +0200, Gabriel C wrote:
>> I noticed this warnings on current git with gcc 4.2.1
>>
>> ....
>>
>> drivers/mtd/devices/doc2000.c: In function 'doc_read':
>> drivers/mtd/devices/doc2000.c:635: warning: the address of 'eccbuf' will always evaluate as 'true'
>> drivers/mtd/devices/doc2000.c: In function 'doc_write':
>> drivers/mtd/devices/doc2000.c:899: warning: the address of 'eccbuf' will always evaluate as 'true'
>>
>> ....
>>
>> This patch fixes it but maybe there is a better way to do it.
>>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Craciunescu <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2000.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2000.c
>> index c73e96b..ce8fbf5 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2000.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2000.c
>> @@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ static int doc_read(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, size_t len,
>> len = ((from | 0x1ff) + 1) - from;
>>
>> /* The ECC will not be calculated correctly if less than 512 is read */
>> - if (len != 0x200 && eccbuf)
>> + if (len != 0x200 && eccbuf != NULL)
>> printk(KERN_WARNING
>> "ECC needs a full sector read (adr: %lx size %lx)\n",
>> (long) from, (long) len);
>> @@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ static int doc_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len,
>> /* Let the caller know we completed it */
>> *retlen += len;
>>
>> - if (eccbuf) {
>> + if (eccbuf != NULL) {
>> unsigned char x[8];
>> size_t dummy;
>> int ret;
>
> The patches doesn't fix anything. If you take a look at git history for
> the file, you may find this:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=7f8a894066b826a4baea49c2a3adbba0a56a192f
>
> And if I read the patch correctly, Thomas merely forgot to remove these
> two checks on eccbuf. So the correct patch would remove '&& eccbuf'
> from one conditional and nuke the other completely.
>
> Care to send such a patch?
Yes. I noticed doc2001plus.c has an leftover too.
...
drivers/mtd/devices/doc2001plus.c:751: warning: the address of 'eccbuf' will always evaluate as 'true'
...
>
> Jörn
>
Gabriel
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2000.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2000.c
index c73e96b..d0e6ee8 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2000.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2000.c
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ static int doc_read(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, size_t len,
len = ((from | 0x1ff) + 1) - from;
/* The ECC will not be calculated correctly if less than 512 is read */
- if (len != 0x200 && eccbuf)
+ if (len != 0x200)
printk(KERN_WARNING
"ECC needs a full sector read (adr: %lx size %lx)\n",
(long) from, (long) len);
@@ -896,25 +896,6 @@ static int doc_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len,
/* Let the caller know we completed it */
*retlen += len;
- if (eccbuf) {
- unsigned char x[8];
- size_t dummy;
- int ret;
-
- /* Write the ECC data to flash */
- for (di=0; di<6; di++)
- x[di] = eccbuf[di];
-
- x[6]=0x55;
- x[7]=0x55;
-
- ret = doc_write_oob_nolock(mtd, to, 8, &dummy, x);
- if (ret) {
- mutex_unlock(&this->lock);
- return ret;
- }
- }
-
to += len;
left -= len;
buf += len;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2001plus.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2001plus.c
index 2b30b58..83be346 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2001plus.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2001plus.c
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ static int doc_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len,
WriteDOC(DoC_GetDataOffset(mtd, &fto), docptr, Mplus_FlashCmd);
/* On interleaved devices the flags for 2nd half 512 are before data */
- if (eccbuf && before)
+ if (before)
fto -= 2;
/* issue the Serial Data In command to initial the Page Program process */
-
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