Re: duplicated modulo

"Michal Nazarewicz" <[email protected]> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:50:35 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-c-programming
Message-ID <op.vs86ylxn3l0zgt@mnazarewicz-glaptop>
On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:41:13 +0200, Nicolas Kaiser wrote:
> I'm curious: a duplicated modulo operation can't possibly make
> any difference, can it?
>
> diff -u -p ./arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/nvram.c  
> /tmp/nothing/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/nvram.c
> --- ./arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/nvram.c	2011-03-31  
> 09:52:41.674292401 +0200
> +++ /tmp/nothing/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/nvram.c
> @@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ static u32 core99_calc_adler(u8 *buffer)
>  	high = 0;
>  	for (cnt=0; cnt<(NVRAM_SIZE-CORE99_ADLER_START); cnt++) {
>  		if ((cnt % 5000) == 0) {
> -			high  %= 65521UL;
>  			high %= 65521UL;
>  		}
>  		low += buffer[cnt];

It's not just a module.  It's also an assignment.

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