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Message-ID: <ea11fea30805311210o15de2373m71d91228356f9bfd@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 00:40:32 +0530 From: "Manish Katiyar" <mkatiyar@...il.com> To: "Al Viro" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext3 : Remove redundant condition in ext3_free_blocks_sb() On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 12:35 AM, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 12:26:41AM +0530, Manish Katiyar wrote: >> For two unsigned values the check "block+count < block" is always >> false. Thus the below patch removes that condition. > > Really? Always? > > unsigned block = 1; > unsigned count = ~0U; > > What will be the value and type of block + count? What will be the > value of block + count < block? Oooops....my bad, but I doubt if we pass such values in ext* code anywhere. > -- Thanks & Regards, ******************************************** Manish Katiyar ( http://mkatiyar.googlepages.com ) 3rd Floor, Fair Winds Block EGL Software Park Off Intermediate Ring Road Bangalore 560071, India *********************************************** -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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