Re: [PATCH 03/11] aiptek: Fix probable mask then right shift defects

[Joe Perches]

On Mon, 2014-10-27 at 11:01 -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Monday, October 27, 2014 10:56:54 AM Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Mon, 2014-10-27 at 07:44 -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 10:24:59PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > > Precedence of & and >> is not the same and is not left to right.
> > > > shift has higher precedence and should be done after the mask.
> > > 
> > > Looking at the protocol description the current code is exactly right.
> > > We want to "move" button bits first as in packet type 1 they are in a
> > > different place than in other packets.
> > > 
> > > I'll take a patch that adds parenthesis around shifts to make clear it
> > > is intended.
> > 
> > I think it's more sensible to do the shift first to a
> > temporary then direct comparisons.
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> Unless you have the device I'd rather kept the changes (which are mostly
> cosmetic in nature and do not fix any bugs) to a minimum.

I don't have the device.
I think you should do what you think appropriate.

cheers, Joe

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