* [PATCH] mm/sparse: remove a check that compare if unsigned variable is negative
@ 2018-10-13 16:15 Peng Hao
2018-10-13 17:04 ` Pavel Tatashin
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Peng Hao @ 2018-10-13 16:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mm; +Cc: akpm, pasha.tatashin, osalvador, linux-kernel, Peng Hao
From: Peng Hao <peng.hao2@zte.com.cn>
In all use locations for for_each_present_section_nr, variable
section_nr is unsigned. It is unnecessary to test if it is negative.
Signed-off-by: Peng Hao <peng.hao2@zte.com.cn>
---
mm/sparse.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 10b07ee..a6f9f22 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -196,8 +196,7 @@ static inline int next_present_section_nr(int section_nr)
}
#define for_each_present_section_nr(start, section_nr) \
for (section_nr = next_present_section_nr(start-1); \
- ((section_nr >= 0) && \
- (section_nr <= __highest_present_section_nr)); \
+ section_nr <= __highest_present_section_nr; \
section_nr = next_present_section_nr(section_nr))
static inline unsigned long first_present_section_nr(void)
--
1.8.3.1
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* Re: [PATCH] mm/sparse: remove a check that compare if unsigned variable is negative
2018-10-13 16:15 [PATCH] mm/sparse: remove a check that compare if unsigned variable is negative Peng Hao
@ 2018-10-13 17:04 ` Pavel Tatashin
2018-10-19 8:28 ` Wei Yang
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Pavel Tatashin @ 2018-10-13 17:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: penghao122
Cc: Linux Memory Management List, Andrew Morton, pasha.tatashin,
osalvador, LKML, peng.hao2
This is incorrect: next_present_section_nr() returns "int" and -1 no
next section, this change would lead to infinite loop.
On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 12:16 PM Peng Hao <penghao122@sina.com.cn> wrote:
>
>
> From: Peng Hao <peng.hao2@zte.com.cn>
>
> In all use locations for for_each_present_section_nr, variable
> section_nr is unsigned. It is unnecessary to test if it is negative.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peng Hao <peng.hao2@zte.com.cn>
> ---
> mm/sparse.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
> index 10b07ee..a6f9f22 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse.c
> +++ b/mm/sparse.c
> @@ -196,8 +196,7 @@ static inline int next_present_section_nr(int section_nr)
> }
> #define for_each_present_section_nr(start, section_nr) \
> for (section_nr = next_present_section_nr(start-1); \
> - ((section_nr >= 0) && \
> - (section_nr <= __highest_present_section_nr)); \
> + section_nr <= __highest_present_section_nr; \
> section_nr = next_present_section_nr(section_nr))
>
> static inline unsigned long first_present_section_nr(void)
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
>
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* Re: [PATCH] mm/sparse: remove a check that compare if unsigned variable is negative
2018-10-13 17:04 ` Pavel Tatashin
@ 2018-10-19 8:28 ` Wei Yang
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Wei Yang @ 2018-10-19 8:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pavel Tatashin
Cc: penghao122, Linux Memory Management List, Andrew Morton,
pasha.tatashin, osalvador, LKML, peng.hao2
On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 01:04:45PM -0400, Pavel Tatashin wrote:
>This is incorrect: next_present_section_nr() returns "int" and -1 no
>next section, this change would lead to infinite loop.
Yes, the -1 is a very special value.
--
Wei Yang
Help you, Help me
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