RE: [PATCH 2/9] linkmode: make linkmode_and() return boolean

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Subject: [PATCH 2/9] linkmode: make linkmode_and() return boolean

bitmap_and() returns true if the resulting bitmap is not empty.
Propagate that return value through linkmode_and() so callers can use
it where applicable.

Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <redacted>
---
 include/linux/linkmode.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/linkmode.h b/include/linux/linkmode.h index

3b9de09871f6..c08632c10c3d 100644

--- a/include/linux/linkmode.h
+++ b/include/linux/linkmode.h

@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ static inline void linkmode_copy(unsigned long

*dst, const unsigned long *src)
 	bitmap_copy(dst, src, __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS);  }

-static inline void linkmode_and(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned
long *a,
+static inline bool linkmode_and(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned
long
+*a,
 				const unsigned long *b)
 {
-	bitmap_and(dst, a, b, __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS);
+	return bitmap_and(dst, a, b, __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS);
 }

 static inline void linkmode_or(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned
long *a,
--
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