linux-kernel - Re: [patch] kill pointless ki_nbytes assignment in aio_setup_single

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Date:	Mon, 04 Dec 2006 12:22:32 -0800
From:	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>
To:	"Chen, Kenneth W" <kenneth.w.chen@...el.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] kill pointless ki_nbytes assignment in aio_setup_single_vector

Chen, Kenneth W wrote:
> io_submit_one assigns ki_left = ki_nbytes = iocb->aio_nbytes, then
> calls down to aio_setup_iocb, then to aio_setup_single_vector. In there,
> ki_nbytes is reassigned to the same value it got two call stack above it.
> There is no need to do so.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@...el.com>

That seems to be the case, indeed.

Acked-by: Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>

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