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SubjectRe: [patch 3/2] drivers/char/vt.c: remove unnecessary code
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:13:57 +0100, colbuse@ensisun.imag.fr
<colbuse@ensisun.imag.fr> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 01:57:59PM +0100, colbuse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> Please _don't_ apply this, but tell me what you think about it.
>
> >It's broken. 8)
>
> >> --- old/drivers/char/vt.c 2004-12-24 22:35:25.000000000 +0100
> >> +++ new/drivers/char/vt.c 2005-02-28 12:53:57.933256631 +0100
> >> @@ -1655,9 +1655,9 @@
> >> vc_state = ESnormal;
> >> return;
> >> case ESsquare:
> >> - for(npar = 0 ; npar < NPAR ; npar++)
> >> + for(npar = NPAR-1; npar < NPAR; npar--)
>
> >How many times do you want this for loop to run?
>
> NPAR times :-). As I stated, npar is unsigned.
>

for (npar = NPAR - 1; npar >= 0; npar--)

would be more readable and may be even faster on a dumb compiler than
your variant. Still, I'd have compiler worry about such
micro-optimizations.

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Dmitry
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