linux-kernel - [PATCH] tty: vt: replace _manual_ swap with swap macro in set

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Date:   Fri, 10 Nov 2017 16:05:45 -0600
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tty: vt: replace _manual_ swap with swap macro in
 set_selection

Make use of the swap macro instead of _manually_ swapping values
and remove unnecessary variable tmp.

This makes the code easier to read and maintain.

This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
---
 drivers/tty/vt/selection.c | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
index af4da95..7851383 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
@@ -186,11 +186,7 @@ int set_selection(const struct tiocl_selection __user *sel, struct tty_struct *t
 	}
 
 	if (ps > pe)	/* make sel_start <= sel_end */
-	{
-		int tmp = ps;
-		ps = pe;
-		pe = tmp;
-	}
+		swap(ps, pe);
 
 	if (sel_cons != vc_cons[fg_console].d) {
 		clear_selection();
-- 
2.7.4