'need_cr' is a flag, so type it properly to be a 'bool'. Move the declaration into the loop too. That ensures the variable is initialized properly even if the code was moved somehow. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c index 32bc098de7da..c6b821afbfd3 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c @@ -94,17 +94,16 @@ srmcons_do_write(struct tty_port *port, const char *buf, int count) static char str_cr[1] = "\r"; size_t c; srmcons_result result; - int need_cr; while (count > 0) { - need_cr = 0; + bool need_cr = false; /* * Break it up into reasonable size chunks to allow a chance * for input to get in */ for (c = 0; c < min_t(size_t, 128U, count) && !need_cr; c++) if (buf[c] == '\n') - need_cr = 1; + need_cr = true; while (c > 0) { result.as_long = callback_puts(0, buf, c); @@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ srmcons_do_write(struct tty_port *port, const char *buf, int count) while (need_cr) { result.as_long = callback_puts(0, str_cr, 1); if (result.bits.c > 0) - need_cr = 0; + need_cr = false; } } } -- 2.42.1