vmgfx gcc-7.1.1 warning..

Linus Torvalds torvalds at linux-foundation.org
Thu Jul 13 20:11:15 UTC 2017


This one actually seems to imply that vmw_cmd_invalid() is broken:

drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c:522:34: warning: the omitted
middle operand in ?: will always be ‘true’, suggest explicit middle
operand [-Wparentheses]
  return capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ? : -EINVAL;
                                  ^

gcc is very right. I think the *intent* of that function is to return
0 if CAP_SYS_ADMIN, but it always returns nonzero.

If CAP_SYS_ADMIN is true, it returns 1, and if it's false it returns -EINVAL.

Since nobody has noticed in many many years, maybe it should just
always return -EINVAL unconditionally?

               Linus


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