Re: [PATCH] fs/fcntl.c : don't test unsigned value for less than zero

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 03:07:42AM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > 'arg' is unsigned so it can never be less than zero, so testing for that 
> > is pointless and also generates a warning when building with gcc -W. This 
> > patch eliminates the pointless check.
> 
> Didn't Linus already reject this one 6 months ago?
> 
Hmmm, perhaps you are right. There was some discussion about similar 
patches a while back. That had slipped my mind.  

-- 
Jesper 

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