linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched/deadline: Use bools for the state flags

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Date:   Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:06:30 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc:     luca abeni <luca.abeni@...tannapisa.it>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@....com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched/deadline: Use bools for the state flags

On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 11:44:05AM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> @@ -473,10 +473,10 @@ struct sched_dl_entity {
>  	 * conditions between the inactive timer handler and the wakeup
>  	 * code.
>  	 */
> -	int				dl_throttled      : 1;
> -	int				dl_boosted        : 1;
> -	int				dl_yielded        : 1;
> -	int				dl_non_contending : 1;
> +	bool				dl_throttled;
> +	bool				dl_boosted;
> +	bool				dl_yielded;
> +	bool				dl_non_contending;

NAK, don't ever use _Bool in composite types.