Clarify the check to make sure the number of bytes to allocate is available. Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ian Abbott <abbobbi@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c index 246f577..1ec5aaa 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c @@ -298,10 +298,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(comedi_buf_read_n_available); /* allocates a chunk for the reader from filled (and munged) buffer space */ unsigned comedi_buf_read_alloc(struct comedi_async *async, unsigned nbytes) { - if ((int)(async->buf_read_alloc_count + nbytes - async->munge_count) > - 0) { - nbytes = async->munge_count - async->buf_read_alloc_count; - } + int available = async->munge_count - async->buf_read_alloc_count; + + if (nbytes > available) + nbytes = available; async->buf_read_alloc_count += nbytes; /* barrier insures read of munge_count occurs before we actually read data out of buffer */ -- 1.8.0 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel