gcc 3.3 correctly gives the following warning:
<-- snip -->
...
CC drivers/mtd/ftl.o
drivers/mtd/ftl.c: In function `scan_header':
drivers/mtd/ftl.c:191: warning: comparison is always false due to
limited range
...
<-- snip -->
Looking at the code it seems gcc is correct, a 16bit number can _never_
be > 65536.
The following patch removes this comparison:
--- linux-2.6.0-test2-full/drivers/mtd/ftl.c.old 2003-07-30 13:04:05.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.0-test2-full/drivers/mtd/ftl.c 2003-07-30 13:04:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
printk(KERN_NOTICE "ftl_cs: FTL header not found.\n");
return -ENOENT;
}
- if ((le16_to_cpu(header.NumEraseUnits) > 65536) || header.BlockSize != 9 ||
+ if (header.BlockSize != 9 ||
(header.EraseUnitSize < 10) || (header.EraseUnitSize > 31) ||
(header.NumTransferUnits >= le16_to_cpu(header.NumEraseUnits))) {
printk(KERN_NOTICE "ftl_cs: FTL header corrupt!\n");
I've tested the compilation with 2.6.0-test2 and 2.4.22-pre9.
cu
Adrian
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