linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 002 of 2] md: Improve the is_mddev

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Date:	Thu, 10 May 2007 00:33:04 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 002 of 2] md: Improve the is_mddev_idle test

On Thu, 10 May 2007 16:22:31 +1000 NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de> wrote:

> The test currently looks for any (non-fuzz) difference, either
> positive or negative.  This clearly is not needed.  Any non-sync
> activity will cause the total sectors to grow faster than the sync_io
> count (never slower) so we only need to look for a positive differences.
> 
> ...
>
> --- .prev/drivers/md/md.c	2007-05-10 15:51:54.000000000 +1000
> +++ ./drivers/md/md.c	2007-05-10 16:05:10.000000000 +1000
> @@ -5095,7 +5095,7 @@ static int is_mddev_idle(mddev_t *mddev)
>  		 *
>  		 * Note: the following is an unsigned comparison.
>  		 */
> -		if ((curr_events - rdev->last_events + 4096) > 8192) {
> +		if ((long)curr_events - (long)rdev->last_events > 4096) {
>  			rdev->last_events = curr_events;
>  			idle = 0;

In which case would unsigned counters be more appropriate?
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