fs/jffs2/readinode.c:189: faulty logic ?

[Richard Weinberger]

David,

Am 24.01.2017 um 23:57 schrieb David Binderman:
>>> fs/jffs2/readinode.c:189]: (style) Condition 'tn.fn.ofs>=offset' is always true
> 
>>What tool produces this info?
> 
> A static analyser for C and C++ called cppcheck, available from sourceforge.

That needs to go into the changelog.

>>That code is odd, yes. But we need more info.
>>Why is fn.fn.ofs>=offset always true?
> 
> Doh. By obvious inspection of the code.
> If test x < y fails, then x must be >= y.

So tn.fn.ofs>=offset is _not_ always true.
The else branch is always false.

Thanks,
//richard