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SubjectRe: [IDEA+RFC] Possible solution for min()/max() war
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> >	min(host->scsi.SCp.this_residual, DMAC_BUFFER_SIZE / 2);
>
> >this_residual is "int", and "DMAC_BUFFER_SIZE" is just a #define for
> >an integer constant. So the above is actually a signed comparison, and
> >I'll bet you that was not what the author intended.
>
> And the mistake of the author was not to write "unsigned int this_residual".
> That's the bug. Not the min() function.

Or more likely the author knew that this_residual was going to be positive
in all cases anyway. Its just sloppy typing by the scsi layer.

The typing of min() is something I do agree with Linus about (for once 8)),
and making people think about them is a good idea. When DaveM proposed the
original his patches showed up a bug in the older ixj driver immediately.

Alan

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