linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts:checkpatch - Do not give error if static bool or global bool variables are assigned to false value.

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Date:	Tue, 26 May 2015 20:23:43 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Shailendra Verma <shailendra.capricorn@...il.com>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts:checkpatch - Do not give error if static bool
 or global bool variables are assigned to false value.

On Wed, 2015-05-27 at 08:43 +0530, Shailendra Verma wrote:
> Hello Joe,
> 
> Thanks for the clarification. So I will change the error message as
> suggested by you and will send the patch to you.

Hello Shailendra.

My humble apologies to you.

I totally misunderstood what you were writing.
I guess the first sentence threw me for a loop.

It makes sense to avoid emitting a warning message with

	bool foo = false;

cheers, Joe

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