On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 11:38:19PM +0800, zwu.ker...@gmail.com wrote:
> if (offset >= 0 && offset <= size) {
> - if (offset != file->f_pos) {
> - file->f_pos = offset;
> - }
> - retval = offset;
> + retval = file->f_pos = offset;
> }
But now you're writing to f_pos unconditionally. That may cause
cacheline bouncing. NAK.
Plus, you're now using a less-well-known feature of C, so while it's fewer
lines of code, it's not necessarily a simplification.
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operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
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