Re: [PATCH 5/5]bluetooth:hci_bcsp Fix operation on'bcsp->msgq_txseq' may be undefined

From: Bernd Petrovitsch
Date: Mon Jun 28 2010 - 09:07:35 EST


On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 13:52 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > - BT_DBG("Sending packet with seqno %u", bcsp->msgq_txseq);
> > - bcsp->msgq_txseq = ++(bcsp->msgq_txseq) & 0x07;
> > + BT_DBG("Sending packet with seqno %u", bcsp->msgq_txseq | ret);
> > + ret = ++(bcsp->msgq_txseq) & 0x07;
>
> I don't know what you're trying to do here, but you seem to be trying to send
> the computed value back in time.
>
> The problem is that the compiler is confused about why a '++' operator makes

It's even worse as that expression is explicitly undefined (and should
be fixed anyways and unconditionally).

> any sense here. It doesn't. It should be a '+ 1' instead. I think what you
> want is:
>
> - bcsp->msgq_txseq = ++(bcsp->msgq_txseq) & 0x07;
> + bcsp->msgq_txseq = (bcsp->msgq_txseq + 1) & 0x07;

Yes, that's looks like the most probable intention of it - at least for
one who doesn't know the bluetooth code.

Bernd
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