[patch 04/25] lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c: document deliberate use of `&'

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From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c: document deliberate use of `&'

This operation was intentional, but tools such as smatch will warn that it
might not have been.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/3bf931c6ea0cae3e23f3485801986859851b4f04.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Yann Collet <cyan@xxxxxx>
Cc: Vasily Averin <vvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c~lib-lz4-lz4_decompressc-document-deliberate-use-of
+++ a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_g
 		 * space in the output for those 18 bytes earlier, upon
 		 * entering the shortcut (in other words, there is a
 		 * combined check for both stages).
+		 *
+		 * The & in the likely() below is intentionally not && so that
+		 * some compilers can produce better parallelized runtime code
 		 */
 		if ((endOnInput ? length != RUN_MASK : length <= 8)
 		   /*
_



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