netdev - Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: use s8 instead of char

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:07:31 -0400
From:	Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...hat.com>
To:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
Cc:	"'Arnd Bergmann'" <arnd@...db.de>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@...lsil.com.cn>,
	"linux-wireless\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev\@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: use s8 instead of char

David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM> writes:
> From: Arnd Bergmann
>> On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 5:10:51 PM CEST Jes Sorensen wrote:
>> >
>> > Arnd,
>> >
>> > rtlwifi and rtl8xxxu are two distinct drivers managed by different
>> > people. I'd be really nice if you could split this into a per driver
>> > patch.
>> >
>> > That said, the use of char in rtl8xxxu is all as a flag indicator, so I
>> > don't think the s/char/s8/ conversion is justified. I used char rather
>> > than ugly bool to reduce the size of the struct.
>> 
>> Makes sense, I'll resend without that change. If anything, the flag
>> should become u8, not s8 anyway.
>
> Does bool:8 work ?

Maybe, but bool is such an ugly datatype, so I'd rather use the other
ones.

Jes