linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: vt6656: aes_ccmp, baseband, bssdb, card: Change BOOL to int

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Date:	Mon, 5 Dec 2011 22:41:54 -0200 (BRST)
From:	Marcos Paulo de Souza <marcos.mage@...il.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
cc:	Marcos Paulo de Souza <marcos.mage@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: vt6656: aes_ccmp, baseband, bssdb, card:
 Change BOOL to int

On Mon, 5 Dec 2011, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 11:12:46PM -0200, Marcos Paulo de Souza wrote:
>> This patch change all references of BOOL to int. As asked by the TODO
>> file of the driver, we need to remove the ttype.h, and this file do a
>> typedef of int to BOOL. We don't need this.

Dan, I'm trying to remove this chunk of code:

drivers/staging/vt6656/ttype.h:

typedef int BOOL;

Are we talinkg about the same BOOL type?

>
> Why not use bool?  Especially inside structs bool takes up less
> space than an int.  Also static analysis tools care about the type.

This typedef is about a int type.

> Changing the type from int to bool is a code change so it needs
> careful auditing.  It's not a problem if you don't have this
> hardware, but you've been sending quite a few patches for it, so I'm
> curious if you do?  If you did, and you made a code change then it
> helps us to know if you have tested it.

I made just compile test, and my doubt if this BOOL typedef is same as you 
are talinkg about.

If this BOOL don't "break" any architeture, I will be happy to remove all 
of it from vt6656 and vt6655, both with the same horrible ttype.h file.

Thanks for the comments.

Regards,

Marcos Paulo de Souza

> regards,
> dan carpenter
>
>
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