Re: [PATCH 1/2] rcu: use bool value directly

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Sat Mar 25 2017 - 21:20:11 EST


On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 08:46:01PM +0100, Nicholas Mc Guire wrote:
> beenonline is declared bool so no need for an explicit comparison
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@xxxxxxx>

Queued both for review and testing, thank you!

Thanx, Paul

> ---
>
> Found by coccinelle: boolinit.cocci complained about
> ./kernel/rcu/tree.c:2986:14-29: WARNING: Comparison of bool to 0/1
>
> If the comparison was intended for readability I guess it should be
> against "false" not 0 - but it seems common to just use bool values
> directly.
>
> Patch was compile-tested with: x86_64_defconfig (implies CONFIG_TREE_RCU=y)
> (with some sparse warnings)
>
> Patch is against 4.11-rc3 (localversion-next is next-20170324)
>
> kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> index 712ddce..ab9fbec 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -2983,7 +2983,7 @@ __rcu_process_callbacks(struct rcu_state *rsp)
> bool needwake;
> struct rcu_data *rdp = raw_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda);
>
> - WARN_ON_ONCE(rdp->beenonline == 0);
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(!rdp->beenonline);
>
> /* Update RCU state based on any recent quiescent states. */
> rcu_check_quiescent_state(rsp, rdp);
> --
> 2.1.4
>