Re: [PATCH] ACPI: prefer bool over int for predicates

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On Sunday, April 8, 2018 10:46:27 AM CEST Joey Pabalinas wrote:
> 
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> Prefer bool over int for variables / returns which are
> predicate expressions to make it explicit that these
> expressions are evaluating simple "yes or no?" queries.

In new code - yes.

But changing old code just for this purpose is at least questionable.

> This makes it more obvious which expressions are _not_
> that simple and require more attention, e.g. an `int ret`
> meant to hold 0 or -ENOENT as a return value or an
> `unsigned nmemb` meant to refer to the number of valid
> members in some arbitrary array.
> 
> Change relevant variable / return types from int to bool and
> prefer a true / false value for predicate expressions versus
> a plain 1 / 0 value.

This makes a bunch of unrelated changes without a clear pattern
in many places and I'm not convinced that the reason is good enough.

> Signed-off-by: Joey Pabalinas <joeypabalinas@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
>  drivers/acpi/battery.c  |  4 ++--
>  drivers/acpi/ec.c       | 20 +++++++++-----------
>  drivers/acpi/pci_root.c | 17 ++++++-----------
>  drivers/acpi/scan.c     |  6 +++---
>  include/acpi/acpi_bus.h |  2 +-
>  5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/battery.c b/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> index bdb24d636d9acc9c1a..f1a5fb5252969f0478 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> @@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ static int acpi_battery_add(struct acpi_device *devic=
> e)
>  	battery->pm_nb.notifier_call =3D battery_notify;
>  	register_pm_notifier(&battery->pm_nb);
> =20

Broken whitespace.

> -	device_init_wakeup(&device->dev, 1);
> +	device_init_wakeup(&device->dev, true);
> =20
>  	return result;
> =20
> @@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ static int acpi_battery_remove(struct acpi_device *de=
> vice)
> =20
>  	if (!device || !acpi_driver_data(device))
>  		return -EINVAL;
> -	device_init_wakeup(&device->dev, 0);
> +	device_init_wakeup(&device->dev, false);
>  	battery =3D acpi_driver_data(device);
>  	unregister_pm_notifier(&battery->pm_nb);
>  #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
> index 30a5729565575f83cb..d4a564ab9cdd53046c 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
> @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static inline bool acpi_ec_is_gpe_raised(struct acpi_ec=
>  *ec)
>  	acpi_event_status gpe_status =3D 0;
> =20
>  	(void)acpi_get_gpe_status(NULL, ec->gpe, &gpe_status);
> -	return (gpe_status & ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_STATUS_SET) ? true : false;
> +	return gpe_status & ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_STATUS_SET;

And this isn't entirely correct even.

You should apply !! to the expression to get the same result really.

Thanks,
Rafael

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