linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: vc04_services: mmal-vchiq: Do not assign bool to u32

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Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:13:46 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Umang Jain <umang.jain@...asonboard.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Broadcom internal kernel review list 
        <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Stefan Wahren <wahrenst@....net>,
        Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>,
        Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@...pberrypi.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kieran.bingham@...asonboard.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: vc04_services: mmal-vchiq: Do not assign
 bool to u32

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 06:29:52PM +0530, Umang Jain wrote:
> From: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@...pberrypi.com>
> 
> struct vchiq_mmal_component.enabled is a u32 type. Do not assign
> it a bool.
> 
> Fixes: 640e77466e69 ("staging: mmal-vchiq: Avoid use of bool in structures")
> Signed-off-by: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@...pberrypi.com>
> Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain@...asonboard.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c
> index cb921c94996a..17f8ceda87ca 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c
> @@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ int vchiq_mmal_component_enable(struct vchiq_mmal_instance *instance,
>  
>  	ret = enable_component(instance, component);
>  	if (ret == 0)
> -		component->enabled = true;
> +		component->enabled = 1;

Why not make enabled a bool instead?

thanks,

greg k-h