linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v5 11/16] lib min_heap: Update min_heap_push() and min_heap

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Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 19:03:20 -0400
From: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>, colyli@...e.de, 
	msakai@...hat.com, mingo@...hat.com, acme@...nel.org, namhyung@...nel.org, 
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Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v5 11/16] lib min_heap: Update min_heap_push() and
 min_heap_pop() to return bool values

On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 10:37:55AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 04:47:19PM +0800, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote:
> > Modify the min_heap_push() and min_heap_pop() to return a boolean
> > value. They now return false when the operation fails and true when it
> > succeeds.
> 
> But why ?!

like Kuan said, it makes for cleaner code.

It's also what the bcache/bcachefs heap (and fifo) implementations do,
which we're consolidating.