linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v18 05/10] xbitmap: add more operations

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Date:   Fri, 1 Dec 2017 06:13:07 -0800
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v18 05/10] xbitmap: add more operations

On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 10:02:01PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> If start == end is legal,
> 
>    for (; start < end; start = (start | (IDA_BITMAP_BITS - 1)) + 1) {
> 
> makes this loop do nothing because 10 < 10 is false.

... and this is why we add tests to the test-suite!