Re: [PATCH] sysctl: use min() helper for namecmp()

[Masahiro Yamada]

(CC: Andrew Morton)

A friendly reminder.


This is just a minor clean-up.

If nobody picks it up,
I hope perhaps Andrew Morton will do.

This patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1360092/





On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 5:33 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Make it slightly readable by using min().
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
>  fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 7 +------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> index 317899222d7f..86341c0f0c40 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> @@ -94,14 +94,9 @@ static void sysctl_print_dir(struct ctl_dir *dir)
>
>  static int namecmp(const char *name1, int len1, const char *name2, int len2)
>  {
> -       int minlen;
>         int cmp;
>
> -       minlen = len1;
> -       if (minlen > len2)
> -               minlen = len2;
> -
> -       cmp = memcmp(name1, name2, minlen);
> +       cmp = memcmp(name1, name2, min(len1, len2));
>         if (cmp == 0)
>                 cmp = len1 - len2;
>         return cmp;
> --
> 2.27.0
>


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada