netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next] drivers/net: Remove boolean comparisons to true/false

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1202100745050.1981@hadrien>
Date:	Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:46:01 +0100 (CET)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
cc:	"Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"David.Laight@...LAB.COM" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next] drivers/net: Remove boolean comparisons to
 true/false

On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Joe Perches wrote:

> On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 22:36 +0000, Allan, Bruce W wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 13:17 -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
>>>> Booleans should not be compared to true or false
>>>> but be directly tested or tested with !.
>>>>
>>>> Done via cocci script:
>>>>
>>>> @@
>>>> bool t;
>>>> @@
>>>> - t == true
>>>> + t
>>>> @@
>>>> bool t;
>>>> @@
>>>> - t != true
>>>> + !t
>>>> @@
>>>> bool t;
>>>> @@
>>>> - t == false
>>>> + !t
>>>> @@
>>>> bool t;
>>>> @@
>>>> - t != false
>>>> + t
>
>> Has the cocci script been (or will it be) added to ./scripts/coccinelle?
>
> These are pretty trivial scripts.
>
> You're welcome to add it or combine it
> with the one Rusty did to convert
> bool foo = 1
> to
> bool foo = true
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/12/19/15

It would indeed seem nice to put them all together.  I can do that.

julia
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