On 29/10/2019 22:15, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 08:08:16PM +0000, Schumaker, Anna wrote: >>> + return size ?: ret; >> >> It looks like you're returning "ret" if the ternary evaluates to false, but it's not clear to >> me what is returned if it evaluates to true. It's possible it's okay, but I just don't know >> enough about how ternaries work in this case. > > It's an unloved, unwnted GNU extension. See > https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Conditionals.html > > It's really no better than writing: > > return size ? size : ret; > > or even better: > > if (size) > return size; > return ret; > OK Cool thanks will do Boaz