Re: [PATCH][next] can: kvaser_pciefd: remove redundant negative check on trigger

From: Colin Ian King
Date: Thu Jul 25 2019 - 14:06:05 EST


On 25/07/2019 13:37, walter harms wrote:
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> Am 25.07.2019 13:25, schrieb Colin King:
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The check to see if trigger is less than zero is always false, trigger
>> is always in the range 0..255. Hence the check is redundant and can
>> be removed.
>>
>> Addresses-Coverity: ("Logically dead code")
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c | 3 ---
>> 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c b/drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c
>> index 3af747cbbde4..68e00aad0810 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c
>> @@ -652,9 +652,6 @@ static void kvaser_pciefd_pwm_stop(struct kvaser_pciefd_can *can)
>> top = (pwm_ctrl >> KVASER_PCIEFD_KCAN_PWM_TOP_SHIFT) & 0xff;
>>
>> trigger = (100 * top + 50) / 100;
>> - if (trigger < 0)
>> - trigger = 0;
>> -
> to be fair i do not understand the calculation here here.
> (100*top+50)/100 = top+50/100
>
> but seems to be int so it should be =top

Indeed it does not do anything, that does look like an unintentional
bug. Good catch.

>
> did i missunderstand something here ?
>
> re,
> wh
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>> pwm_ctrl = trigger & 0xff;
>> pwm_ctrl |= (top & 0xff) << KVASER_PCIEFD_KCAN_PWM_TOP_SHIFT;
>> iowrite32(pwm_ctrl, can->reg_base + KVASER_PCIEFD_KCAN_PWM_REG);