linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] spufs: fix another off-by-one bug in mbox_read

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Date:	Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:53:22 -0500
From:	Will Schmidt <will_schmidt@...t.ibm.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, cbe-oss-dev@...abs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] spufs: fix another off-by-one bug in mbox_read

On Tue, 2006-24-10 at 21:07 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 October 2006 20:42, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> > On 10/24/06, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> > >         spu_acquire(ctx);
> > > -       for (count = 0; count <= len; count += 4, udata++) {
> > > +       for (count = 0; (count + 4) <= len; count += 4, udata++) {
> >
> > Wouldn't this be more obvious as
> >
> >   for (count = 0, count < (len / 4); count++, udata++) {
> >
> > And then do count * 4 if you need the actual index somewhere. Hmm?
> 
> Count is the return value from a write() file operation. I find it
> more readable to update that every time I do one put_user(), to
> the exact value, than calculating the return code later.

Hey Arnd, 
   just curiosity..   What was the behavior before this patch?   just
leaving a few (0 - 3) characters behind?

> 
> 	Arnd <>< 
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