linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c: Some small improvements

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Message-ID: <20071206174052.GA530@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 7 Dec 2007 04:40:52 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@...dent.ltu.se>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch] net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c: Some small improvements

On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 03:37:46PM +0100, Richard Knutsson wrote:
>
> Is it not an improvement to distinct booleans from actual values? Do you 
> use integers for ASCII characters too? It can also avoid some potential 
> bugs like the 'if (i == TRUE)'...
> What is wrong with 'size_t' (since it is unsigned, compared to (some) 
> 'int')?

I agree with Dave.  There are so many useful things that we can do
(and need to do) in IPsec that bool/size_t conversions just add
churn without adding much value.

Thanks,
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