linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib: One less subtraction in binary search iterations.

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Date:	Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:16:41 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
	Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: One less subtraction in binary search iterations.

Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com> writes:
> There is no functional change, but this change eliminates a subtraction that
> the compiler doesn't optimize out (as of gcc 4.7.3).
>
> Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>
> ---
>  lib/bsearch.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/bsearch.c b/lib/bsearch.c
> index e33c179..3264146 100644
> --- a/lib/bsearch.c
> +++ b/lib/bsearch.c
> @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void *bsearch(const void *key, const void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
>  	int result;
>  
>  	while (start < end) {
> -		size_t mid = start + (end - start) / 2;
> +		size_t mid = (start + end) / 2;
>  
>  		result = cmp(key, base + mid * size);
>  		if (result < 0)
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5

Please add a comment about overflow instead?

Thanks,
Rusty.
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