linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/5] net: l2tp: cleanup: remove redundant condition

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Date:   Wed, 09 Nov 2016 18:56:43 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     asbjorn@...jorn.st
Cc:     jchapman@...alix.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/5] net: l2tp: cleanup: remove redundant
 condition

From: Asbjoern Sloth Toennesen <asbjorn@...jorn.st>
Date: Mon,  7 Nov 2016 20:39:27 +0000

> These assignments follow this pattern:
> 
> 	unsigned int foo:1;
> 	struct nlattr *nla = info->attrs[bar];
> 
> 	if (nla)
> 		foo = nla_get_flag(nla); /* expands to: foo = !!nla */
> 
> This could be simplified to: if (nla) foo = 1;
> but lets just remove the condition and use the macro,
> 
> 	foo = nla_get_flag(nla);
> 
> Signed-off-by: Asbjoern Sloth Toennesen <asbjorn@...jorn.st>

Applied.