The patch titled ata: fix sparse warning in libata.h has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ata-fix-sparse-warning-in-libatah.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: ata: fix sparse warning in libata.h From: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@xxxxxxxxx> Avoids lots of these, also is more readable. include/linux/libata.h:1210:13: warning: potentially expensive pointer subtraction Change the subtraction to addition on the other side of the comparison. Thanks to Christer Weinigel for the suggestion. Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/libata.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN include/linux/libata.h~ata-fix-sparse-warning-in-libatah include/linux/libata.h --- a/include/linux/libata.h~ata-fix-sparse-warning-in-libatah +++ a/include/linux/libata.h @@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ static inline struct ata_link *ata_port_ return ap->pmp_link; } - if (++link - ap->pmp_link < ap->nr_pmp_links) + if (++link < ap->nr_pmp_links + ap->pmp_link) return link; return NULL; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from harvey.harrison@xxxxxxxxx are origin.patch dlm-match-signedness-between-dlm_config_info-and-cluster_set.patch ata-fix-sparse-warning-in-libatah.patch ubi-fix-sparse-errors-in-ubih.patch x86-remove-pt_regs-arg-from-smp_thermal_interrupt.patch remove-sparse-warning-for-mmzoneh.patch remove-sparse-warning-for-mmzoneh-checkpatch-fixes.patch adfs-work-around-bogus-sparse-warning.patch debugfs-fix-sparse-warnings.patch coda-add-static-to-functions-in-dirc.patch befs-fix-sparse-warning-in-linuxvfsc.patch ncpfs-add-prototypes-to-ncp_fsh.patch ncpfs-fix-sparse-warnings-in-ioctlc.patch ncpfs-fix-sparse-warning-in-ncpsign_kernelc.patch jbd-sparse-warnings-in-revokec-journalc.patch jbd2-sparse-warnings-in-revokec-journalc.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html