Oh... Duh. I read this code but I got my variables switched around in my head. The static checker finds the code confusing in a different way than I did... Thanks for taking a look. regards, dan carpenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-spi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html