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SubjectRe: [PATCH] fs/fcntl.c - remove impossible <0 check in do_fcntl - arg is unsigned.
Code is like poetry --- bloat needs to come out of it, and a rigorous 
discipline of removing all unnecessary complexity from it needs to be
made a habit so that the exact meaning of it will be seen by all.

Boy was that pompous.;-) Oh well, I'd like the reiserfs portions of his
patch to be accepted, and I'll forward them to you in a few days.
Please consider accepting them.

Hans

Jesper Juhl wrote:

>On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>
>
>> The fact that the compiler can optimize
>>away one of the tests if the type is right i2Ds fine. It seems to be
>>draconian to remove code that is correct and safe, especially when the
>>code has no real downsides to it.
>>
>>


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Hans


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