Re: uinput crash and fix

From: Mattia Dongili
Date: Sat Oct 15 2005 - 17:48:49 EST


On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 12:01:15AM +0200, Mattia Dongili wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 11:29:12PM +0200, emard@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > HI
> [...]
> > req = uinput_request_find(udev, ff_up.request_id);
> > - if (!(req && req->code == UI_FF_UPLOAD && req->u.effect)) {
> > + if (!req) {
>
> out of curiosity, instead of adding a whole if block wouldn't be easier
> to just write
>
> if (!req || !(req->code == UI_FF_UPLOAD && req->u.effect)) {
>
> in order to evaulate !req first and eventually dereference it?

hmmm... no. it's simply the same ( (A && B) == (!A || !B)). So your
patch seems wrong too.

goodnight :P
--
mattia
:wq!
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