linux-kernel - [PATCH 06/15] tty: switch tty_{,un}throttle

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Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:51:47 +0200
From:   "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 06/15] tty: switch tty_{,un}throttle_safe() to return a bool

They return 0 or 1 -- a boolean value, so make it clear than noone
should expect negative or other values.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c | 18 ++++++++----------
 include/linux/tty.h     |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c
index 7958bf6d27c4..ba60fcf518e0 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c
@@ -124,17 +124,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_unthrottle);
  *	conditions when throttling is conditional on factors evaluated prior to
  *	throttling.
  *
- *	Returns 0 if tty is throttled (or was already throttled)
+ *	Returns false if tty is throttled (or was already throttled)
  */
-
-int tty_throttle_safe(struct tty_struct *tty)
+bool tty_throttle_safe(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	bool ret = false;
 
 	mutex_lock(&tty->throttle_mutex);
 	if (!tty_throttled(tty)) {
 		if (tty->flow_change != TTY_THROTTLE_SAFE)
-			ret = 1;
+			ret = true;
 		else {
 			set_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags);
 			if (tty->ops->throttle)
@@ -155,17 +154,16 @@ int tty_throttle_safe(struct tty_struct *tty)
  *	unthrottle due to race conditions when unthrottling is conditional
  *	on factors evaluated prior to unthrottling.
  *
- *	Returns 0 if tty is unthrottled (or was already unthrottled)
+ *	Returns false if tty is unthrottled (or was already unthrottled)
  */
-
-int tty_unthrottle_safe(struct tty_struct *tty)
+bool tty_unthrottle_safe(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	bool ret = false;
 
 	mutex_lock(&tty->throttle_mutex);
 	if (tty_throttled(tty)) {
 		if (tty->flow_change != TTY_UNTHROTTLE_SAFE)
-			ret = 1;
+			ret = true;
 		else {
 			clear_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags);
 			if (tty->ops->unthrottle)
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index f002d0f25db7..59d675f345e9 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -416,8 +416,8 @@ unsigned int tty_chars_in_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty);
 unsigned int tty_write_room(struct tty_struct *tty);
 void tty_driver_flush_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty);
 void tty_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty);
-int tty_throttle_safe(struct tty_struct *tty);
-int tty_unthrottle_safe(struct tty_struct *tty);
+bool tty_throttle_safe(struct tty_struct *tty);
+bool tty_unthrottle_safe(struct tty_struct *tty);
 int tty_do_resize(struct tty_struct *tty, struct winsize *ws);
 int tty_get_icount(struct tty_struct *tty,
 		struct serial_icounter_struct *icount);
-- 
2.42.0