linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] vc04_services: Promote bool usage

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Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2022 19:11:41 +0100
From:   Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
To:     Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@...pberrypi.com>
Cc:     kieran.bingham@...asonboard.com,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Umang Jain <umang.jain@...asonboard.com>,
        Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>,
        Broadcom internal kernel review list 
        <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] vc04_services: Promote bool usage

Hi Dave,

Am 17.11.22 um 17:00 schrieb Umang Jain:
> In commit 7967656ffbfa ("coding-style: Clarify the expectations around
> bool") the check to dis-allow bool structure members was removed from
> checkpatch.pl. It promotes bool structure members to store boolean
> values. This enhances code readability.
>
> Umang Jain (3):
>    Revert "staging: mmal-vchiq: Avoid use of bool in structures"
>    vc04_services: mmal-vchiq: Use bool for vchiq_mmal_component.in_use
>    vc04_services: bcm2835-camera: Use bool values for
>      mmal_fmt.remove_padding
>
>   .../bcm2835-camera/bcm2835-camera.c           | 30 +++++++++----------
>   .../vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c     | 18 +++++------
>   .../vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.h     |  6 ++--
could you please check these changes to be safe? I'm not sure that the 
affected declarations are really internal. I'm afraid this might affect 
firmware or userspace.
>   3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>