linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iop-adma: redundant/wrong tests in iop_*

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Date:	Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:58:14 -0700
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
Cc:	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iop-adma: redundant/wrong tests in iop_*_count()?

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com> wrote:
> When we reach the loop, len is at least 1, we only stay in the loop when
> len is at least MAX_BYTE_COUNT + 1, MAX_BYTE_COUNT is subtracted in each
> iteration. So when we leave the loop, or didn't take it, len is at least 1.
> Testing whether len is non-zero appears redundant.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
> ---
> Or are the tests off by one? Then we'll need a different patch...

No, not off by one, just redundant.

Applied, thanks.

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Dan
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