linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] b43: Fix use true/false for bool type

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Date:   Tue, 29 Oct 2019 01:30:34 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>,
        Saurav Girepunje <saurav.girepunje@...il.com>
Cc:     kvalo@...eaurora.org, davem@...emloft.net, swinslow@...il.com,
        will@...nel.org, opensource@...ayne.com, baijiaju1990@...il.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        b43-dev@...ts.infradead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, saurav.girepunje@...mail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] b43: Fix use true/false for bool type

On Tue, 2019-10-29 at 09:24 +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
> I wonder why bools rather than a bitmask was chosen
> for this field, it seems rather space intensive in its current form.

4 bools is not intensive.

> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c
[]
> > @@ -3600,7 +3600,7 @@ static void b43_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
[]
> > -				wl->tx_queue_stopped[queue_num] = 1;
> > +				wl->tx_queue_stopped[queue_num] = true;