Re: [PATCH] Remove pointless <0 comparison for unsigned variablein fs/fcntl.c

[Timur Tabi]

Jesper Juhl wrote:

> if pid_t is 16 bit, then the value can never be greater than 0xffff but, 
> if pid_t is greater than 16 bit, say 32 bit, then the argument "a" could 
> very well contain a value greater than 0xffff and then the comparison 
> makes perfect sense.

If pid_t is 32-bit, then what's wrong with the value being greater than 
0xFFFF?  After all, if pid_t a 32-bit number, that implies that 32-bit 
values are acceptable.

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Timur Tabi
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