linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: Fix assignment of boolean variables

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Message-ID: <20181203083329.GG11614@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Mon, 3 Dec 2018 09:33:29 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Wen Yang <wen.yang99@....com.cn>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        zhong.weidong@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: Fix assignment of boolean variables

On Sat, Dec 01, 2018 at 05:09:36PM +0800, Wen Yang wrote:
> Fix the following warnings reported by coccinelle:
> kernel//sched/fair.c:7958:3-12: WARNING: Assignment of bool to 0/1
> 
> This also makes the code more readable.

I disagree; anybody that has trouble with 0/1 vs false/true needs to
stay away from C.

> Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <wen.yang99@....com.cn>
> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  kernel/sched/fair.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index a2e8160968cb..f19aa66f9b15 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -7955,7 +7955,7 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
>  		if (env->sd->flags & SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY &&
>  		    sgs->group_misfit_task_load < rq->misfit_task_load) {
>  			sgs->group_misfit_task_load = rq->misfit_task_load;
> -			*overload = 1;
> +			*overload = true;
>  		}
>  	}
>  

Anyway, this code is going away anyway:

  https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181119141857.8625-12-quentin.perret@arm.com