linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 13/32] x86/boot/e820: Add support to determine the E820 type of an address

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Date:   Sat, 6 May 2017 08:48:22 +0100
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 13/32] x86/boot/e820: Add support to determine the E820
 type of an address

On 5 May 2017 at 18:11, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 04:18:31PM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
>> Add a function that will return the E820 type associated with an address
>> range.
>
> ...
>
>> @@ -110,9 +111,28 @@ bool __init e820__mapped_all(u64 start, u64 end, enum e820_type type)
>>                * coverage of the desired range exists:
>>                */
>>               if (start >= end)
>> -                     return 1;
>> +                     return entry;
>>       }
>> -     return 0;
>> +
>> +     return NULL;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * This function checks if the entire range <start,end> is mapped with type.
>> + */
>> +bool __init e820__mapped_all(u64 start, u64 end, enum e820_type type)
>> +{
>> +     return __e820__mapped_all(start, end, type) ? 1 : 0;
>
>         return !!__e820__mapped_all(start, end, type);
>

Even the !! double negation is redundant, given that the function returns bool.