Hi, David Miller wrote: > From: Lothar Waßmann <l...@karo-electronics.de> > Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 07:51:04 +0100 > > >> Also, I don't thnk your DIV_ROUND_UP() eliminate for the loop > >> in swap_buffer() is valid. The whole point is that the current > >> code handles buffers which have a length which is not a multiple > >> of 4 properly, after your change it will no longer do so. > >> > > Do you really think so? > > Yes, because you're rounding down so you'll miss the final > partial word (if any). > Nope. DIV_ROUND_UP() would give '1' as upper bound for lengths from 1 to 4, '2' for lengths from 5 to 8 and so on.
The loop with increment 4 and i < len does exactly the same. Try it for yourself, if you don't believe it. Lothar Waßmann -- ___________________________________________________________ Ka-Ro electronics GmbH | Pascalstraße 22 | D - 52076 Aachen Phone: +49 2408 1402-0 | Fax: +49 2408 1402-10 Geschäftsführer: Matthias Kaussen Handelsregistereintrag: Amtsgericht Aachen, HRB 4996 www.karo-electronics.de | i...@karo-electronics.de ___________________________________________________________ -- 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/
