linux-kernel - [patch 5/6] generic_file_buffered_write(): max

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Date:	Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:18:05 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Linux Memory Management <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [patch 5/6] generic_file_buffered_write(): max_len cleanup

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>

More dirty code.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
---

 mm/filemap.c |    5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff -puN mm/filemap.c~generic_file_buffered_write-max_len-cleanup mm/filemap.c
--- a/mm/filemap.c~generic_file_buffered_write-max_len-cleanup
+++ a/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2090,7 +2090,6 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb
 	do {
 		pgoff_t index;		/* Pagecache index for current page */
 		unsigned long offset;	/* Offset into pagecache page */
-		unsigned long maxlen;	/* Bytes remaining in current iovec */
 		size_t bytes;		/* Bytes to write to page */
 		size_t copied;		/* Bytes copied from user */
 
@@ -2100,9 +2099,7 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb
 		if (bytes > count)
 			bytes = count;
 
-		maxlen = cur_iov->iov_len - iov_offset;
-		if (maxlen > bytes)
-			maxlen = bytes;
+		bytes = min(cur_iov->iov_len - iov_offset, bytes);
 
 		/*
 		 * Bring in the user page that we will copy from _first_.
_

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