linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 4/7] riscv: Simplify text patching loops

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Message-ID: <cb89b03b34d6403685297f95924524a7@AcuMS.aculab.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 22:13:40 +0000
From: David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To: 'Björn Töpel' <bjorn@...nel.org>, Samuel Holland
	<samuel.holland@...ive.com>, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
CC: "linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Samuel Holland
	<samuel.holland@...ive.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 4/7] riscv: Simplify text patching loops

...
> > -	while (patched < len && !ret) {
> > -		size = min_t(size_t, PAGE_SIZE * 2 - offset_in_page(addr + patched), len - patched);
> > -		ret = __patch_insn_set(addr + patched, c, size);
> > +	while (len && !ret) {
> > +		size = min_t(size_t, PAGE_SIZE * 2 - offset_in_page(addr), len);

Does that need to be min_t()?
Both arguments seem to be unsigned.
(Did it even ever need to be?)

	David

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