Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8821ae: rtl8821ae: hw.c: Cleaning up if statement that always evaluates to false

[David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>]

On Sun, 8 Jun 2014, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:

> I find a logical error in an if statement '(X & 0xfc) == 0x3' is always false
> 

The test you're changing is '(X & ~0xfc) == 0x3' which is not always 
false, so is (bt_msr & MSR_AP) == MSR_AP or (bt_msr & ~MSR_AP) == MSR_AP 
correct?  Either way, your changelog makes no sense in combination with 
your patch.

> After pointing this out, Larry Finger informed what would be the correct one.
> '(X & 0x3) == 0x3'
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@spectrumdigital.se>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae/hw.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae/hw.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae/hw.c
> index 1b8583b..52322e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae/hw.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae/hw.c
> @@ -1623,7 +1623,7 @@ static int _rtl8821ae_set_media_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>  
>  	rtl_write_byte(rtlpriv, (MSR), bt_msr);
>  	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->led_control(hw, ledaction);
> -	if ((bt_msr & ~0xfc) == MSR_AP)
> +	if ((bt_msr & MSR_AP) == MSR_AP)
>  		rtl_write_byte(rtlpriv, REG_BCNTCFG + 1, 0x00);
>  	else
>  		rtl_write_byte(rtlpriv, REG_BCNTCFG + 1, 0x66);