Re: Bug in "ide-pci.c"

From: David Woodhouse (dwmw2@infradead.org)
Date: Sat Oct 07 2000 - 15:18:17 EDT

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    On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:

    > void go_take_a_dump (float load)
    > {
    > if (pull_down_pants() && purge_bowles() && wipe_anus() && pull_up_pants())
    > flush(load);
    > else
    > wear(load);
    > }

    But here you make another classic mistake. Consider the case where
    purge_bowels() fails (-EWOULDBLOCK?).

    In that case, you don't actually execute the subsequent two procedure
    calls, which I'm sure we all agree is a suboptimal state of affairs. 

    -- 
dwmw2

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