Re: [PATCH V2] fs/omfs/inode.c: use ULLONG_MAX instead of ~0ULL

From: Fabian Frederick
Date: Mon Jun 16 2014 - 15:00:39 EST


On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 12:11:42 -0400
Bob Copeland <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 08:39:20AM +0200, Fabian Frederick wrote:
> > Use more explicit kernel.h definition
> > array_size = DIV_ROUND_UP(bitmap_size, sb->s_blocksize);
> >
> > - if (sbi->s_bitmap_ino == ~0ULL)
> > + if (sbi->s_bitmap_ino == ULLONG_MAX)
> > goto out;
>
> So I agree they are the same, but is there a good reason for the
> change?
>
> Semantically, I think of ~0ULL as "all ones" whereas ULLONG_MAX
> as a maximum of a magnitude comparison, which this is not really.

Well it was meant to clarify code but in this case it doesn't indeed :)

Thanks,
Fabian

>
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