Re: [PATCH] net: hp100: fix always-true check for link up state

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Sep 17 2018 - 10:58:28 EST


From: Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 17:39:53 +0100

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The operation ~(p100_inb(VG_LAN_CFG_1) & HP100_LINK_UP) returns a value
> that is always non-zero and hence the wait for the link to drop always
> terminates prematurely. Fix this by using a logical not operator instead
> of a bitwise complement. This issue has been in the driver since
> pre-2.6.12-rc2.
>
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#114157 ("Logical vs. bitwise operator")
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied and queued up for -stable.