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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	DRI <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>,
	IDE-ML <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>,
	VMware Graphics <linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Brian Paul <brianp@vmware.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
	Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RESEND 03/14] drm/vmwgfx: avoid gcc-7 parentheses warning
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:21:13 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+55aFw9xE_+qnx1=6FbU8HJ23+Go1iS5bxDLOHefETgn5Wx6w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170714092540.1217397-4-arnd@arndb.de>

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 2:25 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> -       return capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ? : -EINVAL;
> +       return capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ? 1 : -EINVAL;

NAK. This takes unintentionally insane code and turns it intentionally
insane. Any non-zero return is considered an error.

The right fix is almost certainly to just return -EINVAL unconditionally.

                  Linus
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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	VMware Graphics <linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com>,
	Sinclair Yeh <syeh@vmware.com>,
	Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
	IDE-ML <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	DRI <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>,
	Brian Paul <brianp@vmware.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RESEND 03/14] drm/vmwgfx: avoid gcc-7 parentheses warning
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:21:13 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+55aFw9xE_+qnx1=6FbU8HJ23+Go1iS5bxDLOHefETgn5Wx6w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170714092540.1217397-4-arnd@arndb.de>

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 2:25 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> -       return capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ? : -EINVAL;
> +       return capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ? 1 : -EINVAL;

NAK. This takes unintentionally insane code and turns it intentionally
insane. Any non-zero return is considered an error.

The right fix is almost certainly to just return -EINVAL unconditionally.

                  Linus

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-07-14 19:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 95+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-14  9:25 [PATCH 00/14] gcc-7 warnings Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:25 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:25 ` [PATCH, RESEND 01/14] ide: avoid warning for timings calculation Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:25   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:25 ` [PATCH, RESEND 02/14] ata: avoid gcc-7 warning in ata_timing_quantize Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:25   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-15 10:56   ` Tejun Heo
2017-07-15 10:56     ` Tejun Heo
2017-07-14  9:25 ` [PATCH, RESEND 03/14] drm/vmwgfx: avoid gcc-7 parentheses warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:25   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 10:11   ` Jani Nikula
2017-07-14 10:11     ` Jani Nikula
2017-07-14 19:21   ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2017-07-14 19:21     ` Linus Torvalds
2017-07-14 19:23     ` Linus Torvalds
2017-07-14 20:28       ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-17 13:15         ` Sinclair Yeh
2017-07-17 13:15           ` Sinclair Yeh
2017-07-14  9:25 ` [PATCH 04/14] x86: math-emu: avoid -Wint-in-bool-context warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:25   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:25 ` [PATCH 05/14] isdn: isdnloop: suppress a gcc-7 warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:25   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 10:08   ` Joe Perches
2017-07-14 10:37     ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-15  4:20       ` Kevin Easton
2017-07-14  9:25 ` [PATCH 06/14] acpi: thermal: fix gcc-6/ccache warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:25   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:25 ` [PATCH 07/14] proc/kcore: hide a harmless warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:25   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:28   ` Ard Biesheuvel
2017-07-18 19:53     ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-18 19:53       ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-18 19:55       ` Ard Biesheuvel
2017-07-18 20:01         ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-18 20:07           ` Ard Biesheuvel
2017-07-18 20:21             ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:25 ` [PATCH 08/14] Input: adxl34x - fix gcc-7 -Wint-in-bool-context warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:25   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 19:24   ` Linus Torvalds
2017-07-14 20:17     ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 21:40       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2017-07-14  9:30 ` [PATCH 09/14] SFI: fix tautological-compare warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:30   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:31 ` [PATCH 10/14] staging:iio:resolver:ad2s1210 fix negative IIO_ANGL_VEL read Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:31   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-15 11:42   ` Jonathan Cameron
2017-07-14  9:31 ` [PATCH 11/14] IB/uverbs: fix gcc-7 type warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:31   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:46   ` Leon Romanovsky
2017-07-14  9:31 ` [PATCH 12/14] drm/nouveau/clk: fix gcc-7 -Wint-in-bool-context warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:31   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:31 ` [PATCH 13/14] iopoll: avoid " Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:31   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:55   ` Joe Perches
2017-07-14 10:22     ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:36 ` [PATCH 14/14] [media] fix warning on v4l2_subdev_call() result interpreted as bool Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:36   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14  9:36   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:05   ` Dan Carpenter
2017-07-14 12:05     ` Dan Carpenter
2017-07-14 12:05     ` Dan Carpenter
2017-07-14 12:27     ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:27       ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:27       ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:55       ` Dan Carpenter
2017-07-14 12:55         ` Dan Carpenter
2017-07-14 12:55         ` Dan Carpenter
2017-07-14 13:09         ` Dan Carpenter
2017-07-14 13:09           ` Dan Carpenter
2017-07-14 13:09           ` Dan Carpenter
2017-07-14 19:32           ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 19:32             ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 19:32             ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:41   ` Dan Carpenter
2017-07-14 12:41     ` Dan Carpenter
2017-07-14 12:41     ` Dan Carpenter
2017-07-17 13:45   ` Hans Verkuil
2017-07-17 13:45     ` Hans Verkuil
2017-07-17 14:26     ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-17 14:26       ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-17 14:26       ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-17 14:28       ` Dan Carpenter
2017-07-17 14:28         ` Dan Carpenter
2017-07-17 14:28         ` Dan Carpenter
2017-07-17 14:32       ` Hans Verkuil
2017-07-17 14:32         ` Hans Verkuil
2017-07-17 14:32         ` Hans Verkuil
2017-07-17 14:35       ` Hans Verkuil
2017-07-17 14:35         ` Hans Verkuil
2017-07-17 14:35         ` Hans Verkuil
2017-07-17 21:23         ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-17 21:23           ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-17 21:23           ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 10:29 ` [PATCH 00/14] gcc-7 warnings Greg Kroah-Hartman
2017-07-14 10:29   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman

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