linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next][resend v1 1/1] netlink: Don't use int as bool in netlink_update_socket

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Message-ID: <20230711174310.081a2574@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:43:10 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next][resend v1 1/1] netlink: Don't use int as bool
 in netlink_update_socket_mc()

On Mon, 10 Jul 2023 13:06:24 +0300 Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> The bit operations take boolean parameter and return also boolean
> (in test_bit()-like cases). Don't threat booleans as integers when
> it's not needed.

I don't have a strong opinion on the merit.
But I feel like the discussion is a waste of everyone's time,
so to discourage such ambivalent patches I'm going to drop this.
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pw-bot: reject