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

[Bart Van Assche]

On 09/01/16 17:51, Joe Perches wrote:
> 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.

Hello Joe,

In the patch description you refer to loss of precision. However, your 
patch does not address any loss of precision issues. So I think that the 
patch description is misleading and could be made more clear.

Bart.