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Re: [PATCH] include: mman: Use bool instead of int for the return value of arch_validate_prot

From Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] include: mman: Use bool instead of int for the return value of arch_validate_prot
Date 2016-07-11 01:50 +0200
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On 07/09/2016 09:29 AM, chengang@emindsoft.com.cn wrote:
> -static inline int arch_validate_prot(unsigned long prot)
> +static inline bool arch_validate_prot(unsigned long prot)
>  {
>  	if (prot & ~(PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC | PROT_SEM | PROT_SAO))
> -		return 0;
> -	if ((prot & PROT_SAO) && !cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SAO))
> -		return 0;
> -	return 1;
> +		return false;
> +	return (prot & PROT_SAO) == 0 || cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SAO);
>  }
>  #define arch_validate_prot(prot) arch_validate_prot(prot)

Please don't do things like this.  They're not obviously correct and
also have no obvious benefit.  You also don't mention why you bothered
to alter the logical structure of these checks.

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[PATCH] include: mman: Use bool instead of int for the return value of arch_validate_prot chengang@emindsoft.com.cn - 2016-07-09 18:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] include: mman: Use bool instead of int for the return  value of arch_validate_prot Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-07-11 01:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] include: mman: Use bool instead of int for the return  value of arch_validate_prot Chen Gang <chengang@emindsoft.com.cn> - 2016-07-11 21:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] include: mman: Use bool instead of int for the return  value of arch_validate_prot Chen Gang <chengang@emindsoft.com.cn> - 2016-07-12 18:50 +0200

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