linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: video: Remove useless checks

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Date:	Thu, 26 May 2011 16:31:27 +0100
From:	Maxin B John <maxin.john@...il.com>
To:	tim.gardner@...onical.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	airlied@...hat.com, lethal@...ux-sh.org, james@...anarts.com,
	error27@...il.com, randy.dunlap@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: video: Remove useless checks

Hi,

> IMHO mixing signed and unsigned comparisons like this is just wrong. Its
> unnecessarily complicated and misleading, especially for a device driver.

Yes. I do agree with you.

> Its likely that the reason the fb code got into this situation is because a
> type was changed from signed to unsigned whence long ago, and nobody has
> bothered to clean it up.

Thats possible. Similar useless checks are present in other subsystems
of the kernel as well.

WBR,
Maxin
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