linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] minmax: clamp more efficiently by avoiding extra comparison

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Message-Id: <166396243656.2664601.3410906576496436654.b4-ty@chromium.org>
Date:   Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:47:19 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com,
        Jason@...c4.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] minmax: clamp more efficiently by avoiding extra comparison

On Fri, 23 Sep 2022 17:40:01 +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Currently the clamp algorithm does:
> 
> 	if (val > hi)
> 		val = hi;
> 	if (val < lo)
> 		val = lo;
> 
> [...]

Applied (with the little changes mentioned in v2 thread) to
for-next/hardening, thanks!

[1/1] minmax: clamp more efficiently by avoiding extra comparison
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/97dd4f05a2ce

-- 
Kees Cook