Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] netlink: Don't use int as bool in netlink_update_socket_mc()

[Simon Horman]

On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 09:55:50PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 05:11:23PM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 04:31:31PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> 
> > > -	int old, new = !!is_new, subscriptions;
> > > +	int subscriptions;
> > > +	bool old;
> > >  
> > >  	old = test_bit(group - 1, nlk->groups);
> > >  	subscriptions = nlk->subscriptions - old + new;
> > 
> > Hi Andy,
> > 
> > Doing arithmetic with boolean values doesn't seem right to me.
> 
> In any case it does not change the status quo, the same still applies to
> the existing code (that's implied in the commit message). And obfuscating
> it for the sake of purity seems wrong to me. Hence this patch.

Yes, sure. That is true.

> > In any case, net-next is closed.
> > Please consider reposting once it re-opens, after 10th July.
> 
> Sure.
> 
> Thank you for the review!
> 
> -- 
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
> 
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