Re: [PATCH] libata: fallback to the other IDENTIFY on device error, take#2

From: Dave Jones
Date: Sun May 13 2007 - 14:14:43 EST


On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 07:50:16PM +0200, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > Otherwise, as Jeff mentions, you're doing a redundant assignment
> > in the else branch.
>
> Hmmm... I'm feeling very dense today. At that point, class is either
> ATA_DEV_ATA or ATA_DEV_ATAPI. The if-else clause tries to flip between
> the two.
>
> 1. if class == ATA_DEV_ATA, the 'if' test succeeds and "class =
> ATA_DEV_ATAPI" runs, so it flips correctly.
>
> 2. if class == ATA_DEV_ATAPI, the 'if' test fails and "class =
> ATA_DEV_ATA" runs, so it flips correctly.
>
> What am I missing here? Feel free to scream at me and hammer me into
> senses. :-)

actually, I think I'm denser today. Ignore that last mail.

Dave

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