Re: [PATCH] trivial treewide: Convert dev_set_uevent_suppress argument to bool
From: Joe Perches
Date: Thu Sep 01 2016 - 20:52:07 EST
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.