On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Frans Klaver <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would say that it is because part of the expression has been placed > inside parentheses: > > a - b + 1 == a - (b - 1) > > Guess it makes the decision logic slightly more readable.
Yes, exactly this. It's so that the bounding check conditional prior looks identical to the actual subtraction, making it much easier to read and verify. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
