RE: [PATCH next 10/11] block: Use a boolean expression instead of max() on booleans

[David Laight]

From: Linus Torvalds
> Sent: 28 January 2024 19:59
> 
> On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 at 11:36, David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > However it generates:
> > error: comparison of constant ‘0’ with boolean expression is always true [-Werror=bool-compare]
> > inside the signedness check that max() does unless a '+ 0' is added.
> 
> Please fix your locale. You have random garbage characters there,
> presumably because you have some incorrect locale setting somewhere in
> your toolchain.

Hmmmm blame gcc :-)
The error message displays as '0' but is e2:80:98 30 e2:80:99
I HATE UTF-8, it wouldn't be as bad if it were a bijection.

Lets see if adding 'LANG=C' in the shell script I use to
do kernel builds is enough.

I also managed to send parts 1 to 6 without deleting the RE:
(I have to cut&paste from wordpad into a 'reply-all' of the first
message I send. Work uses mimecast and it has started bouncing
my copy of every message I send to the lists.)

Maybe I should start using telnet to send raw SMTP :-)

	David

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