Re: [PATCH] fs/fcntl.c : don't test unsigned value for less thanzero

From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Fri Apr 15 2005 - 03:23:27 EST


On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 03:07:42AM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > 'arg' is unsigned so it can never be less than zero, so testing for that
> > is pointless and also generates a warning when building with gcc -W. This
> > patch eliminates the pointless check.
>
> Didn't Linus already reject this one 6 months ago?
>
Hmmm, perhaps you are right. There was some discussion about similar
patches a while back. That had slipped my mind.

--
Jesper

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