linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] make some functions return bool

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Date:   Mon, 11 Dec 2017 21:50:03 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:     Yaowei Bai <baiyaowei@...s.chinamobile.com>
cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] make some functions return bool

On Mon, 11 Dec 2017, Yaowei Bai wrote:

> This patchset makes some *_is_* like functions return bool because
> these functions only use true or false as their return values.
> 
> No functional changes.
> 

I think the concern about this type of patchset in the past is that it is 
unnecessary churn and makes it more time consuming to research git history 
without any significant improvement.