netdev - [iproute PATCH v2 6/7] misc/ifstat: simplify unsigned value comparison

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2016 18:18:40 +0200
From:	Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemming@...cade.com>
Cc:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>,
	Julien Floret <julien.floret@...nd.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [iproute PATCH v2 6/7] misc/ifstat: simplify unsigned value comparison

By directly comparing the value of both unsigned variables, casting to
signed becomes unnecessary.

This also fixes for compiling with older versions of gcc (at least
<=3.4.6) which emit the following warning:

| ifstat.c: In function `update_db':
| ifstat.c:542: warning: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
---
 misc/ifstat.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/misc/ifstat.c b/misc/ifstat.c
index abbb4e732fcef..9a44da487599e 100644
--- a/misc/ifstat.c
+++ b/misc/ifstat.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static void update_db(int interval)
 				int i;
 
 				for (i = 0; i < MAXS; i++) {
-					if ((long)(h1->ival[i] - n->ival[i]) < 0) {
+					if (h1->ival[i] < n->ival[i]) {
 						memset(n->ival, 0, sizeof(n->ival));
 						break;
 					}
-- 
2.8.2