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Message-ID: <8d72adf5-097f-0c72-edfc-d23d4199e9d4@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:52:25 +0100
From:   Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>
To:     David Binderman <dcb314@...mail.com>,
        "dwmw2@...radead.org" <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        "linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: fs/jffs2/readinode.c:189: faulty logic ?

On 01/24/2017 09:15 AM, David Binderman wrote:
> Hello there,
> 
> fs/jffs2/readinode.c:189]: (style) Condition 'tn.fn.ofs>=offset' is always true
> 
> Source code is
> 
>         if (tn->fn->ofs < offset)
>             next = tn->rb.rb_right;
>         else if (tn->fn->ofs >= offset)
>             next = tn->rb.rb_left;
>         else
>             break;
> 
> Maybe better code
> 
>         if (tn->fn->ofs < offset)
>             next = tn->rb.rb_right;
>         else if (tn->fn->ofs > offset)
>             next = tn->rb.rb_left;
>         else
>             break;

This changes the logic of the code for equality case, please elaborate
why this is OK.

> Regards
> 
> David Binderman
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> 


-- 
Best regards,
Marek Vasut

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