Re: [PATCH 2/4 v6] kernel/fork.c: avoid division by zero

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Mar 25 2015 - 08:25:30 EST



* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 03/18, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > But ... no strong feelings from me, I'm not NAK-ing it or anything,
> > maybe I'd have used this well-known pattern:
> >
> > threads = min(max(MIN_THREADS, threads), MAX_THREADS);
> >
> > instead of:
> >
> > > >> + if (threads > MAX_THREADS)
> > > >> + threads = MAX_THREADS;
> > > >> +
> > > >> + if (threads < MIN_THREADS)
> > > >> + threads = MIN_THREADS;
>
> clamp(threads, MIN_THREADS, MAX_THREADS)
>
> ;)

Indeed ;-)

Thanks,

Ingo
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