Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:03:10 -0600 | From | Timur Tabi <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Remove pointless <0 comparison for unsigned variable in fs/fcntl.c |
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Jesper Juhl wrote:
> if pid_t is 16 bit, then the value can never be greater than 0xffff but, > if pid_t is greater than 16 bit, say 32 bit, then the argument "a" could > very well contain a value greater than 0xffff and then the comparison > makes perfect sense.
If pid_t is 32-bit, then what's wrong with the value being greater than 0xFFFF? After all, if pid_t a 32-bit number, that implies that 32-bit values are acceptable.
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