netdev - Re: [PATCH nf-next v2 1/1] ipv6: defrag: drop non-last frags smaller than min mtu

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Date:   Thu, 2 Aug 2018 17:14:03 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Peter Oskolkov <posk@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf-next v2 1/1] ipv6: defrag: drop non-last frags
 smaller than min mtu

On Fri,  3 Aug 2018 02:05:39 +0200
Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de> wrote:

> +	if (-skb_network_offset(skb) + skb->len < IPV6_MIN_MTU &&

Is there a reason to write the arithmetic expression in this order?
Why not:
	if (skb->len - skb_network_offset(skb) < IPV6_MIN_MTU &&