linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] kvm tools: remove redundant "if" condition

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Message-ID: <20130119102719.GA12013@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:27:21 +0100
From:	Cong Ding <dinggnu@...il.com>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
Cc:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>,
	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	Asias He <asias.hejun@...il.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kvm tools: remove redundant "if" condition

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 10:58:33AM +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Cong Ding <dinggnu@...il.com> wrote:
> > After we check (state.kcount != 0), state.kcount has to be 0 in all the "else"
> > branchs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Cong Ding <dinggnu@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  tools/kvm/hw/i8042.c |    2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/kvm/hw/i8042.c b/tools/kvm/hw/i8042.c
> > index 9f8be6a..9035732 100644
> > --- a/tools/kvm/hw/i8042.c
> > +++ b/tools/kvm/hw/i8042.c
> > @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static u32 kbd_read_data(void)
> >                 state.mcount--;
> >                 kvm__irq_line(state.kvm, AUX_IRQ, 0);
> >                 kbd_update_irq();
> > -       } else if (state.kcount == 0) {
> > +       } else {
> >                 i = state.kread - 1;
> >                 if (i < 0)
> >                         i = QUEUE_SIZE;
> 
> This doesn't look right. The 'kcount' field is an int so the value can
> be negative.
But the former check is "state.kcount != 0" as I described in the commit
message. Notice the difference between variable names in the "if" condition: the
first one is kcount, the second one is mcount, and the third one is same as the
first one kcount.

Ok, the original code is
	if (state.kcount != 0) {
		/* do something when (state.kcount != 0) */
	} else if (state.mcount > 0) {
		/* do something when (state.kcount == 0 && state.mount > 0) */
	} else if (state.kcount == 0) {
		/* do something when (state.kcount == 0 && state.mount <= 0) */
	}
For the third branch, it runs when state.kcount == 0 and state.mount <= 0,
it's not necessary to ensure state.kcount == 0 again.

- cong

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