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Re: [PATCH] trivial treewide: Convert dev_set_uevent_suppress argument to bool

From Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] trivial treewide: Convert dev_set_uevent_suppress argument to bool
Date 2016-09-02 03:00 +0200
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On Fri, 2016-09-02 at 00:47 +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 09/01/16 13:11, Joe Perches wrote:
> > 
> > Assigning an int to a bitfield:1 can lose precision.
> > Change the caller argument uses from 1/0 to true/false.
> Hello Joe,

Hi Bart.

> Can you clarify how assigning 0 or 1 to a one-bit bitfield can cause a 
> loss of precision?

There are no existing defects.

Using 1/0 is not a loss of precision, it's just
changing to use bool avoids potential errors and
promotes consistency.

Other uses of this function already use true/false.

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[PATCH] trivial treewide: Convert dev_set_uevent_suppress argument to bool Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-09-01 23:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] trivial treewide: Convert dev_set_uevent_suppress  argument to bool Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@sandisk.com> - 2016-09-02 02:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] trivial treewide: Convert dev_set_uevent_suppress  argument to bool Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-09-02 03:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] trivial treewide: Convert dev_set_uevent_suppress  argument to bool Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@sandisk.com> - 2016-09-02 15:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] trivial treewide: Convert dev_set_uevent_suppress  argument to bool Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-09-02 17:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] trivial treewide: Convert dev_set_uevent_suppress  argument to bool Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-09-02 18:50 +0200

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