Re: [PATCH v3] coding-style: Clarify the expectations around bool

From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Mon Jan 07 2019 - 22:21:40 EST


On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 04:38:50PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-01-07 at 16:25 -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 02:10:22PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2019-01-07 at 14:11 -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > > There has been some confusion since checkpatch started warning about bool
> > > > use in structures, and people have been avoiding using it.
> > > >
> > > > Many people feel there is still a legitimate place for bool in structures,
> > > > so provide some guidance on bool usage derived from the entire thread that
> > > > spawned the checkpatch warning.
> > >
> > > Thanks Jason.
> > >
> > > It'd be nice to combine this with some better checkpatch warning or
> > > even a removal of that misleading warning from checkpatch
> > > altogether.
> >
> > Okay, do you have a preference?
>
> Yes.

Great, done, thanks

Jason