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 16:43:08 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
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>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        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.

It's not a u32 type so this is wrong.

	u32 enabled:1;

But also "true" is better than "1" in terms of a human reading the code.

Perhaps this is from a static checker?  I am also the author of a checker
tool so I know how stupid they can be.  When the checker says something
dumb, then the correct response is to be be briefly amused and not to
slavishly obey it.

regards,
dan