On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 06:37:33PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 06:36:04PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> > I knew I'd regret digging in the tty code.
> > Can someone enlighten me as to what this *should* be doing?
> >
> > int tty_insert_flip_string(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *chars,
> > size_t size)
> > {
> > ....
> > /* There is a small chance that we need to split the data over
> > several buffers. If this is the case we must loop */
> > while (unlikely(size > copied));
> > return copied;
> > }
> >
> >
> > Looping I can understand, but forever ?
> > Given we're not advancing 'copied', can we just kill that while loop?
> > Or should we be changing it with each iteration?
>
> Disregard, it's the end of a do { } while.
don't hold back, i need your ack
> I've been staring at this too long.
[PATCH] tty_io.c: keep davej sane
Just comment and next "while" look _very_ wrong. Place { correctly to
hint unsuspecting ones that it's the end of the loop actually.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <[email protected]>
---
drivers/char/tty_io.c | 14 ++++++--------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -362,10 +362,9 @@ int tty_insert_flip_string(struct tty_st
tb->used += space;
copied += space;
chars += space;
- }
- /* There is a small chance that we need to split the data over
- several buffers. If this is the case we must loop */
- while (unlikely(size > copied));
+ /* There is a small chance that we need to split the data over
+ several buffers. If this is the case we must loop */
+ } while (unlikely(size > copied));
return copied;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_insert_flip_string);
@@ -386,10 +385,9 @@ int tty_insert_flip_string_flags(struct
copied += space;
chars += space;
flags += space;
- }
- /* There is a small chance that we need to split the data over
- several buffers. If this is the case we must loop */
- while (unlikely(size > copied));
+ /* There is a small chance that we need to split the data over
+ several buffers. If this is the case we must loop */
+ } while (unlikely(size > copied));
return copied;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_insert_flip_string_flags);
-
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