[patch] [trivial] remove needless check in fs/read_write.c

nr_segs is unsigned long and thus cannot be negative. we checked against 0
few lines before.

signed-off-by: Carsten Otte <[email protected]>
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diff -ruN linux-2.6.16/fs/read_write.c linux-2.6.16-fix/fs/read_write.c
--- linux-2.6.16/fs/read_write.c	2006-03-20 06:53:29.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.16-fix/fs/read_write.c	2006-03-21 14:03:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@
 	 * verify all the pointers
 	 */
 	ret = -EINVAL;
-	if ((nr_segs > UIO_MAXIOV) || (nr_segs <= 0))
+	if (nr_segs > UIO_MAXIOV)
 		goto out;
 	if (!file->f_op)
 		goto out;

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