Re: [PATCH] tools-perf: Change -1 by false
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Sep 17 2015 - 14:33:20 EST
Em Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 12:08:53PM +0200, Peter Senna Tschudin escreveu:
> Returning a negative value for a boolean function seem to have the
> undesired effect of returning true. Replace -1 by false in a
> bool-returning function.
>
> The diff of the .s file before and after the change (for x86_64):
> 3907c3907
> < movl $1, %ebx
> ---
Please avoid adding a --- at the start of any changeset comment line, it
breaks scripts.
Thanks, applied.
- Arnaldo
> > xorl %ebx, %ebx
>
> while if -1 is replaced by true, the diff is empty.
>
> This issue was found by the following Coccinelle semantic patch:
> <smpl>
> @@
> identifier f;
> constant C;
> typedef bool;
> @@
> bool f (...){
> <+...
> * return -C;
> ...+>
> }
> </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/util.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
> index 49a5c6a..ce465b2 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
> @@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ bool find_process(const char *name)
>
> dir = opendir(procfs__mountpoint());
> if (!dir)
> - return -1;
> + return false;
>
> /* Walk through the directory. */
> while (ret && (d = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
> --
> 2.1.0
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