linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] platform/x86: acer-wmi: use true and false for boolean values

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Date:   Mon, 6 Aug 2018 16:41:17 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Andy Shevchenko' <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
CC:     "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@...e.com>, Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        "Andy Shevchenko" <andy@...radead.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] platform/x86: acer-wmi: use true and false for boolean
 values

From: Andy Shevchenko
> Sent: 05 August 2018 11:26
> 
> On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 3:18 AM, Gustavo A. R. Silva
> <gustavo@...eddedor.com> wrote:
> > Return statements in functions returning bool should use true or false
> > instead of an integer value.
> >
> > This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle.
> 
> >  static bool has_cap(u32 cap)
> >  {
> >         if ((interface->capability & cap) != 0)
> > -               return 1;
> > +               return true;
> >
> > -       return 0;
> > +       return false;
> >  }
> 
> this entire function can be oneliner:
> 
> return !!(...);

Why the !! ?? Just:
	return (interface->capability & cap) != 0;

	David

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