The difference between the sizes could be positive or negative. Leaving
the types as unsigned means the result overflows when the difference is
negative and removing the labs() means we'll have introduced a bug. The
subtraction results in the correct value when the unsigned integer is
interpreted as a signed integer by labs().
Clang doesn't see that we're doing a subtraction and abusing the types.
It sees the result of the subtraction, an unsigned value, being passed
to an absolute value function and emits a warning which we treat as an
error.
Reviewed by: Youzhong Yang <youzhong@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Igor Kozhukhov <igor@dilos.org>
Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Signed-off-by: Ryan Moeller <ryan@ixsystems.com>
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