The 'if' in chars_in_buffer() is misleadingly inverted. And since the only difference is the head used for computation, cache the head using ternary operator. And use that in return directly. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c index 875a2bbb51c3..3815201c220b 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c +++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c @@ -219,13 +219,9 @@ static void n_tty_kick_worker(const struct tty_struct *tty) static ssize_t chars_in_buffer(const struct tty_struct *tty) { const struct n_tty_data *ldata = tty->disc_data; - ssize_t n = 0; + size_t head = ldata->icanon ? ldata->canon_head : ldata->commit_head; - if (!ldata->icanon) - n = ldata->commit_head - ldata->read_tail; - else - n = ldata->canon_head - ldata->read_tail; - return n; + return head - ldata->read_tail; } /** -- 2.41.0