[PATCH v3 2/2] kexec: Use min_t to simplify logic

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? 2013?02?26? 16:53, Andrew Morton ??:
> On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:49:02 +0800 Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei at cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> 
>>>> diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
>>> []
>>>> @@ -822,13 +822,9 @@ static int kimage_load_normal_segment(struct kimage *image,
>>> []
>>>> +		mchunk = min_t(size_t, mbytes,
>>>> +			       (size_t)(PAGE_SIZE - (maddr & ~PAGE_MASK)));
>>>
>>> #define min_t(type, x, y) ({			\
>>> 	type __min1 = (x);			\
>>> 	type __min2 = (y);			\
>>> 	__min1 < __min2 ? __min1: __min2; })
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hmm, from the definition, the cast is redundant.
>>
>> Maybe I misunderstood what Andrew meant in the mail related to v2:
>>
>> "The types of PAGE_SIZE and PAGE_MASK are vague - iirc they once had
>> different types on different architectures, so some form of casting is
>> unavoidable here."
>>
>> Andrew, could you please explain the casting you meant above?
> 
> I mean that a cast (or min_t, which is a cast) will be needed. 
> The code you have here casts the same thing two times, which isn't
> necessary.
> 
> 

Thanks.

Should I resend the patch again? After removing this redundant cast,
it is the same with v2.

Zhang



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