linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle: Add misc/boolconv.cocci

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:12:57 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	"Andrew F. Davis" <afd@...com>,
	Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
	Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
	Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>
Cc:	cocci@...teme.lip6.fr, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle: Add misc/boolconv.cocci

On Thu, 2016-06-23 at 13:53 -0500, Andrew F. Davis wrote:
> Add a script to check for unneeded conversions to bool.

this could also be extended for bool functions that:

	return !!expression;
and
	return expression != 0;