[PATCH v4 02/10] net/tap: clarify TUN/TAP flag assignment

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Fri Feb 20 18:02:02 CET 2026


Add parentheses in the ternary expression that relied on operator
precedence between '?:' and '|'. No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c b/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
index aa236cf967..e06e1ca079 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ tun_alloc(struct pmd_internals *pmd, int is_keepalive, int persistent)
 	 * to check if a received packet has been truncated.
 	 */
 	ifr.ifr_flags = (pmd->type == ETH_TUNTAP_TYPE_TAP) ?
-		IFF_TAP : IFF_TUN | IFF_POINTOPOINT;
+		IFF_TAP : (IFF_TUN | IFF_POINTOPOINT);
+
 	strlcpy(ifr.ifr_name, pmd->name, IFNAMSIZ);
 
 	fd = open(TUN_TAP_DEV_PATH, O_RDWR);
-- 
2.51.0



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