On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:07:33 -0800
Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-11-17 at 12:36 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:59:07 -0500
> > Steven Rostedt <rost...@goodmis.org> wrote:
> >
> > > From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" <rost...@goodmis.org>
> > >
> > > Add a seq_buf_can_fit() helper function that removes the possible mistakes
> > > of comparing the seq_buf length plus added data compared to the size of
> > > the buffer.
> []
> > > +static bool seq_buf_can_fit(struct seq_buf *s, size_t len)
> > > +{
> > > + return s->len + len < s->size;
> > > +}
> > > +
>
> Why is this useful?
Places the logic in one place and makes the next patch much shorter.
As the change log states, makes mistakes much less likely to happen
(note, I made one doing the next change and this makes me more
confident not to do another one)
-- Steve
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