Re: [PATCH 10/11] staging: comedi: comedi_buf: clarify __comedi_buf_write_alloc()

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On 2012-12-21 16:42, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
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 | 9 +++------
  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c
index 1ec5aaa..5be9930 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c
@@ -182,13 +182,10 @@ static unsigned int __comedi_buf_write_alloc(struct comedi_async *async,
  					     int strict)
  {
  	unsigned int free_end = async->buf_read_count + async->prealloc_bufsz;
+	int available = free_end - async->buf_write_alloc_count;

Should preferably be unsigned int.


-	if ((int)(async->buf_write_alloc_count + nbytes - free_end) > 0) {
-		if (strict)
-			nbytes = 0;
-		else
-			nbytes = free_end - async->buf_write_alloc_count;
-	}
+	if (nbytes > available)
+		nbytes = strict ? 0 : available;

  	async->buf_write_alloc_count += nbytes;
  	/* barrier insures the read of buf_read_count above occurs before



--
-=( Ian Abbott @ MEV Ltd.    E-mail: <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx>        )=-
-=( Tel: +44 (0)161 477 1898   FAX: +44 (0)161 718 3587         )=-
_______________________________________________
devel mailing list
devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel


[Index of Archives]     [Linux Driver Backports]     [DMA Engine]     [Linux GPIO]     [Linux SPI]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Linux Coverity]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [Yosemite Backpacking]
  Powered by Linux