Re: [patch] printk: remove some dead code

[Kay Sievers <kay@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 20:43 +0200, walter harms wrote:
> >  		} else {
> >  			len += 3;
> > -			if (msg->level > 9)
> > +			if (prefix > 9)
> >  				len++;
> > -			if (msg->level > 99)
> > +			if (prefix > 99)
> >  				len++;
> >  		}
> >  	}
> > 
> > 
> 
> just for my curiosity: why not len+=5 and forget the rest ?

It's a possibly multi-digit decimal number, and the length should be
actual length not the maximum.

Kay

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