From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
"Christian Brauner (Amutable)" <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 16/17] eventpoll: use bool for predicate helpers
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:46:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260424-work-epoll-rework-v1-16-249ed00a20f3@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260424-work-epoll-rework-v1-0-249ed00a20f3@kernel.org>
Three inline predicates -- is_file_epoll(), ep_is_linked(),
ep_events_available() -- were declared to return int even though
their only use is as a truthy test and their bodies are already
boolean expressions. ep_has_wakeup_source(), in the same file,
returns bool, so the convention was already inconsistent.
Convert all three to return bool. Rewrite ep_events_available()'s
verbose kerneldoc to the same one-line style the rest of the
predicates use now.
ep_poll()'s local eavail variable stores the result of
ep_events_available() (already boolean), ep_busy_loop() (returns
bool), and list_empty() (int but tested as boolean). Split it out
of the combined int declaration and give it bool type; replace the
one "eavail = 1" after a wakeup with "eavail = true" to match.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
fs/eventpoll.c | 22 ++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 7ed4b47279ff..201e688304b3 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static void __init epoll_sysctls_init(void)
static const struct file_operations eventpoll_fops;
-static inline int is_file_epoll(struct file *f)
+static inline bool is_file_epoll(struct file *f)
{
return f->f_op == &eventpoll_fops;
}
@@ -526,8 +526,8 @@ static inline int ep_cmp_ffd(struct epoll_filefd *p1,
(p1->file < p2->file ? -1 : p1->fd - p2->fd));
}
-/* Tells us if the item is currently linked */
-static inline int ep_is_linked(struct epitem *epi)
+/* True iff @epi is on its owning ep's ready list. */
+static inline bool ep_is_linked(struct epitem *epi)
{
return !list_empty(&epi->rdllink);
}
@@ -580,15 +580,8 @@ static inline void epi_clear_ovflist(struct epitem *epi)
epi->ovflist_next = EP_UNACTIVE_PTR;
}
-/**
- * ep_events_available - Checks if ready events might be available.
- *
- * @ep: Pointer to the eventpoll context.
- *
- * Return: a value different than %zero if ready events are available,
- * or %zero otherwise.
- */
-static inline int ep_events_available(struct eventpoll *ep)
+/* True iff @ep has ready events that epoll_wait() might harvest. */
+static inline bool ep_events_available(struct eventpoll *ep)
{
return !list_empty_careful(&ep->rdllist) || ep_is_scanning(ep);
}
@@ -2218,7 +2211,8 @@ static int ep_schedule_timeout(ktime_t *to)
static int ep_poll(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event __user *events,
int maxevents, struct timespec64 *timeout)
{
- int res, eavail, timed_out = 0;
+ int res, timed_out = 0;
+ bool eavail;
u64 slack = 0;
wait_queue_entry_t wait;
ktime_t expires, *to = NULL;
@@ -2316,7 +2310,7 @@ static int ep_poll(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event __user *events,
* If timed out and still on the wait queue, recheck eavail
* carefully under lock, below.
*/
- eavail = 1;
+ eavail = true;
if (!list_empty_careful(&wait.entry)) {
spin_lock_irq(&ep->lock);
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-24 13:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-24 13:46 [PATCH 00/17] eventpoll: clarity refactor Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 13:46 ` [PATCH 01/17] eventpoll: expand top-of-file overview / locking doc Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 13:46 ` [PATCH 02/17] eventpoll: document loop-check / path-check globals Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 13:46 ` [PATCH 03/17] eventpoll: clarify POLLFREE handshake comments Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 13:46 ` [PATCH 04/17] eventpoll: refresh epi_fget() / ep_remove_file() comments Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 13:46 ` [PATCH 05/17] eventpoll: document ep_clear_and_put() two-pass pattern Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 13:46 ` [PATCH 06/17] eventpoll: rename ep_refcount_dec_and_test() to ep_put() Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 13:46 ` [PATCH 07/17] eventpoll: drop unused depth argument from epoll_mutex_lock() Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 13:46 ` [PATCH 08/17] eventpoll: rename attach_epitem() to ep_attach_file() Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 13:46 ` [PATCH 09/17] eventpoll: relocate KCMP helpers near compat syscalls Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 13:46 ` [PATCH 10/17] eventpoll: split ep_insert() into alloc + register stages Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 13:46 ` [PATCH 11/17] eventpoll: split ep_clear_and_put() into drain helpers Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 13:46 ` [PATCH 12/17] eventpoll: extract ep_deliver_event() from ep_send_events() Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 13:46 ` [PATCH 13/17] eventpoll: extract lock dance from do_epoll_ctl() into ep_ctl_lock() Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 13:46 ` [PATCH 14/17] eventpoll: wrap EP_UNACTIVE_PTR in typed sentinel helpers Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 13:46 ` [PATCH 15/17] eventpoll: rename epi->next and txlist for clarity Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 16:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-04-24 13:46 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-04-24 13:46 ` [PATCH 17/17] eventpoll: hoist CTL_ADD scratch state into struct ep_ctl_ctx Christian Brauner
2026-04-24 15:33 ` [PATCH 00/17] eventpoll: clarity refactor Linus Torvalds
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