[PATCH 34/38] perf: remove invalid check

From: Andrzej Hajda
Date: Mon Sep 21 2015 - 09:38:51 EST


Unsigned values cannot be lesser than zero.

The problem has been detected using proposed semantic patch
scripts/coccinelle/tests/unsigned_lesser_than_zero.cocci [1].

[1]: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2038576

Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_32.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_32.c b/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_32.c
index c1a6b89..6125ce9 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_32.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_32.c
@@ -419,8 +419,7 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,

case PTRACE_POKEUSR: /* write the word at location addr in the USER area */
ret = -EIO;
- if ((addr & 3) || addr < 0 ||
- addr > sizeof(struct user) - 3)
+ if ((addr & 3) || addr > sizeof(struct user) - 3)
break;

if (addr < sizeof(struct pt_regs))
--
1.9.1

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