linux-4.14-rc1/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c:541: bad condition ?

[Michael Ellerman]

[ + Cody in case he's still interested]

Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au> writes:
> David Binderman <dcb314 at hotmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hello there,
>>
>> linux-4.14-rc1/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c:543]: (warning) Identical condition 's1<s2', second condition is always false
>>
>> Source code is
>>
>>     if (s1 < s2)
>>         return 1;
>>     if (s2 > s1)
>>         return -1;
>>
>> Suggest code rework.
>
> Um thanks.
>
> It's trying to implement a sort comparison returning -1, 0, 1.
>
> So it's pretty obviously wrong, but also harmless AFAICS, because it's
> just an optimisation before doing a full comparison using memcmp().
>
> So yeah we should fix it, but not an actual bug AFAICS.
>
> cheers