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SubjectRe: [patch 1/7] libata: check for AN support
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:05:52 +0200
Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 08:49:04AM -0700, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:23:04 +0200
> > Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Sorry for replying to Alan's reply, I missed the original mail.
> > >
> > > > > +#define ata_id_has_AN(id) \
> > > > > + ((id[76] && (~id[76])) & ((id)[78] & (1 << 5)))
> > >
> > > (a && ~a) & (b & 32)
> > >
> > > I don't think that does what you think it does, because at that point
> > > it's a funny way to write 0 ((0 or 1) binary-and (0 or 32)).
> > >
> > > I'm not even sure what it is you want. If for the first part you
> > > wanted (id[76] != 0x00 && id[76] != 0xff), please write just that,
> > > thanks :-)
> > >
> > > OG.
> > >
> >
> > >From the serial ata spec, we have:
> >
> > 13.2.1.18 Word 78: Serial ATA features supported
> > If Word 76 is not 0000h or FFFFh, Word 78 reports the optional features
> > supported by the device. Support for this word is optional and if not
> > supported the word shall be zero indicating the device has no support for new
> > Serial ATA capabilities.
> >
> > so, basically yes, I'm really testing to make sure that word 76 isn't 0 or all
> > one then using that value & with value of bit in work 78 to determine AN
> > support - if you think this is really obfuscated, I've got no problem changing
> > it - there's obviously many ways to mess around with bits.
>
> & is not &&, so right now it's really incorrect. 1 & 32 is 0.

ah - ok, gotcha, thanks.

>
> ((id)[76] != 0x0000 && (id)[76] != 0xffff && ((id)[78] & (1 << 5)))
>
> The implicit typing of id looks dangerous to me, but you're not the
> one who has started it.
>
> OG.
>
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