linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: generic: use true and false for bool variable

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Date:   Wed, 17 Mar 2021 23:07:28 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Yang Li <yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, paulburton@...nel.org,
        tsbogend@...ha.franken.de, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: generic: use true and false for bool variable

On 15/03/2021 15:15:43+0800, Yang Li wrote:
> fixed the following coccicheck:
> ./arch/mips/generic/board-ocelot.c:29:9-10: WARNING: return of 0/1 in
> function 'ocelot_detect' with return type bool
> 

Can you elaborate why this is an issue and what exactly is fixed?
Even the original coccinelle script submission doesn't give any good
reason.

bool in Linux is _Bool and, as per C99, it holds either 0 or 1, not true
or false.

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Alexandre Belloni, co-owner and COO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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