linux-kernel - cmsg newgroup alt.sex.fetish.bool (was Re: [PATCH] arch: all: include: asm: bitops: Use bool instead of int for all bit test functions)

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Date:   Thu, 1 Sep 2016 21:43:49 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     Chen Gang <chengang@...ndsoft.com.cn>
Cc:     Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
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Subject: cmsg newgroup alt.sex.fetish.bool (was Re: [PATCH] arch: all:
 include: asm: bitops: Use bool instead of int for all bit test functions)

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 05:49:05AM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:

> Could you provide the related proof?
> 
> Or shall I try to analyze about it and get proof?

Can you show a proof that it actually improves anything?  He who proposes
a patch gets to defend it, not the other way round...

Al, bloody annoyed