linux-kernel - Re: tools-powerpc: Return false instead of -1

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Date:   Fri, 2 Sep 2016 11:54:13 +0200
From:   Andrew Shadura <andrew.shadura@...labora.co.uk>
To:     Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@...il.com>,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     shuahkh@....samsung.com, mpe@...erman.id.au,
        sam.bobroff@....ibm.com
Subject: Re: tools-powerpc: Return false instead of -1

On 17/09/15 13:03, Peter Senna Tschudin wrote:
> Returning a negative value for a boolean function seem to have the
> undesired effect of returning true. require_paranoia_below() is a
> boolean function, but the variable used to store the return value is an
> integer, receiving -1 or 0. This patch convert rc to bool, replace -1
> by false, and 0 by true.

The issue still seems to be not fixed.

-- 
Cheers,
  Andrew