Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 2 authors, 2016-09-02

Re: [PATCH] trivial treewide: Convert dev_set_uevent_suppress argument to bool

From: Bart Van Assche <hidden>
Date: 2016-09-02 16:15:58
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On 09/01/16 17:51, Joe Perches wrote:
On Fri, 2016-09-02 at 00:47 +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
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On 09/01/16 13:11, Joe Perches wrote:
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Assigning an int to a bitfield:1 can lose precision.
Change the caller argument uses from 1/0 to true/false.
Hello Joe,
Hi Bart.
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Can you clarify how assigning 0 or 1 to a one-bit bitfield can cause a
loss of precision?
There are no existing defects.

Using 1/0 is not a loss of precision, it's just
changing to use bool avoids potential errors and
promotes consistency.

Other uses of this function already use true/false.
Hello Joe,

In the patch description you refer to loss of precision. However, your 
patch does not address any loss of precision issues. So I think that the 
patch description is misleading and could be made more clear.

Bart.
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