[PATCH] cachefiles: remove always false 'datalen < 0' expression

From: Austin Kim
Date: Mon Aug 23 2021 - 23:18:59 EST


From: Austin Kim <austin.kim@xxxxxxx>

Since 'datalen' is declared as size_t, the 'datalen < 0' expression
is always false. Where size_t is defined as below;

typedef unsigned long __kernel_ulong_t;
typedef __kernel_ulong_t __kernel_size_t;
typedef __kernel_size_t size_t;

So it had better remove unnecessary 'always false' expression.

Signed-off-by: Austin Kim <austin.kim@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/cachefiles/daemon.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c b/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c
index 752c1e43416f..1cfed9e0812a 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static ssize_t cachefiles_daemon_write(struct file *file,
if (test_bit(CACHEFILES_DEAD, &cache->flags))
return -EIO;

- if (datalen < 0 || datalen > PAGE_SIZE - 1)
+ if (datalen > PAGE_SIZE - 1)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;

/* drag the command string into the kernel so we can parse it */
--
2.20.1