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

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Date:   Tue, 12 Dec 2017 02:21:30 -0500
From:   Yaowei Bai <baiyaowei@...s.chinamobile.com>
To:     David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] make some functions return bool

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 09:50:03PM -0800, David Rientjes wrote:
> 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.

While, relative to a modern computer with superb computional power, i
think the additional time to search git history is negligable and this
type of patchset is also a good practice for the kernel beginner guys.
:)