linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block/merge: remove unnecessary min() with UINT

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Message-Id: <173957283076.385288.13682185243120310904.b4-ty@kernel.dk>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:40:30 -0700
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@...estorage.com>
Cc: Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block/merge: remove unnecessary min() with UINT_MAX


On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 12:36:36 -0700, Caleb Sander Mateos wrote:
> In bvec_split_segs(), max_bytes is an unsigned, so it must be less than
> or equal to UINT_MAX. Remove the unnecessary min().
> 
> Prior to commit 67927d220150 ("block/merge: count bytes instead of
> sectors"), the min() was with UINT_MAX >> 9, so it did have an effect.
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] block/merge: remove unnecessary min() with UINT_MAX
      commit: 43c70b104093c324b1a000762ce943d16ce788f9

Best regards,
-- 
Jens Axboe