linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Staging: iio: ad7192: replaced bool in struct

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Date:   Mon, 24 Dec 2018 15:28:23 +0530
From:   Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
To:     Amir Mahdi Ghorbanian <indigoomega021@...il.com>
Cc:     lars@...afoo.de, Michael.Hennerich@...log.com, jic23@...nel.org,
        knaack.h@....de, pmeerw@...erw.net, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: iio: ad7192: replaced bool in struct

On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 03:26:26PM -0800, Amir Mahdi Ghorbanian wrote:
> Replaced bool in struct with unsigned int bitfield to conserve space and
> more clearly define size of varibales
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amir Mahdi Ghorbanian <indigoomega021@...il.com>
> ---

There was some discussion on this at Outreachy list:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/outreachy-kernel/xpQAl-Gn8HA/yqcQRG_qBgAJ

I think unless you post some statistics about 'conserving' space, 
it is unlikely that maintainers will apply it.

This idea was originally given by Linus and that thread of discussion 
is worth reading too.

>  drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.h | 14 +++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.h b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.h
> index 7433a43..7d3e62f 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.h
> @@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ struct ad7192_platform_data {
>  	u16		vref_mv;
>  	u8		clock_source_sel;
>  	u32		ext_clk_hz;
> -	bool		refin2_en;
> -	bool		rej60_en;
> -	bool		sinc3_en;
> -	bool		chop_en;
> -	bool		buf_en;
> -	bool		unipolar_en;
> -	bool		burnout_curr_en;
> +	unsigned int	refin2_en : 1;
> +	unsigned int	rej60_en : 1;
> +	unsigned int	sinc3_en : 1;
> +	unsigned int	chop_en : 1;
> +	unsigned int	buf_en : 1;
> +	unsigned int	unipolar_en : 1;
> +	unsigned int	burnout_curr_en : 1;
>  };
>  
>  #endif /* IIO_ADC_AD7192_H_ */
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

Goodluck!

-- 
Himanshu Jha
Undergraduate Student
Department of Electronics & Communication
Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology