There is no functional change, but this change eliminates a subtraction that the compiler doesn't optimize out (as of gcc 4.7.3).
Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedso...@gmail.com> --- lib/bsearch.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/bsearch.c b/lib/bsearch.c index e33c179..3264146 100644 --- a/lib/bsearch.c +++ b/lib/bsearch.c @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void *bsearch(const void *key, const void *base, size_t num, size_t size, int result; while (start < end) { - size_t mid = start + (end - start) / 2; + size_t mid = (start + end) / 2; result = cmp(key, base + mid * size); if (result < 0) -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/