Re: [PATCH v2] ath5k: Remove unused BUG_ON
From: Kalle Valo <hidden>
Date: 2018-10-01 15:36:36
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Nathan Chancellor [off-list ref] wrote:
Clang warns that the address of a pointer will always evaluated as true
in a boolean context:
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c:1031:14: warning: address of
array 'ah->sbands' will always evaluate to 'true'
[-Wpointer-bool-conversion]
BUG_ON(!ah->sbands);
~~~~~^~~~~~
./include/asm-generic/bug.h:61:45: note: expanded from macro 'BUG_ON'
#define BUG_ON(condition) do { if (unlikely(condition)) BUG(); } while (0)
^~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/compiler.h:77:42: note: expanded from macro 'unlikely'
# define unlikely(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
^
1 warning generated.
Given that this condition is always false because of the logical not,
just remove it.
Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/130
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <redacted>Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks. 0891c7f4a253 ath5k: Remove unused BUG_ON -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10610881/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches