linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/5] fs/dcache.c: is

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Date:	Tue, 17 Nov 2015 14:40:11 +0800
From:	Yaowei Bai <baiyaowei@...s.chinamobile.com>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] fs/dcache.c: is_subdir can be boolean

This patch makes is_subdir return bool to improve
readability due to this particular function only using either
one or zero as its return value.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Yaowei Bai <baiyaowei@...s.chinamobile.com>
---
 fs/dcache.c        | 14 +++++++-------
 include/linux/fs.h |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 5c33aeb..670f789 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -3303,18 +3303,18 @@ out:
  * @new_dentry: new dentry
  * @old_dentry: old dentry
  *
- * Returns 1 if new_dentry is a subdirectory of the parent (at any depth).
- * Returns 0 otherwise.
+ * Returns true if new_dentry is a subdirectory of the parent (at any depth).
+ * Returns false otherwise.
  * Caller must ensure that "new_dentry" is pinned before calling is_subdir()
  */
   
-int is_subdir(struct dentry *new_dentry, struct dentry *old_dentry)
+bool is_subdir(struct dentry *new_dentry, struct dentry *old_dentry)
 {
-	int result;
+	bool result;
 	unsigned seq;
 
 	if (new_dentry == old_dentry)
-		return 1;
+		return true;
 
 	do {
 		/* for restarting inner loop in case of seq retry */
@@ -3325,9 +3325,9 @@ int is_subdir(struct dentry *new_dentry, struct dentry *old_dentry)
 		 */
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		if (d_ancestor(old_dentry, new_dentry))
-			result = 1;
+			result = true;
 		else
-			result = 0;
+			result = false;
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	} while (read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq));
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index aab8094..4b23def 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2532,7 +2532,7 @@ extern ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *, const char *, size_t, loff_t *);
 extern struct file * open_exec(const char *);
  
 /* fs/dcache.c -- generic fs support functions */
-extern int is_subdir(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
+extern bool is_subdir(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
 extern bool path_is_under(struct path *, struct path *);
 
 extern char *file_path(struct file *, char *, int);
-- 
1.9.1



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