Re: [PATCH] fs/compat: remove redundant 'less than zero' check

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On Fri, 24 Apr 2015, Dan Carpenter wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 06:07:50PM +0800, Firo Yang wrote:
>
> > -	if (nr_segs > UIO_MAXIOV || nr_segs < 0)
> > +	if (nr_segs > UIO_MAXIOV)
>
> Linus said at kernel summit that he thinks this kind of checks are ok.
>
> Smatch already ignores checks like:
>
> 	if (nr_segs < 0 || nr_segs > UIO_MAXIOV)
>
> So making it ignore this one as well shouldn't be hard...  I'll change
> Smatch to ignore this one as well.

It is unsigned.  What is the point of cluttering the code?

julia

>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>
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