Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: vc04_services: mmal-vchiq: Do not assign bool to u32

Umang Jain
2022-11-17T13:27:23Z

Hi Greg,

Thanks for the comment,

On 11/17/22 6:43 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 06:29:52PM +0530, Umang Jain wrote:
>> From: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@raspberrypi.com>
>>
>> struct vchiq_mmal_component.enabled is a u32 type. Do not assign
>> it a bool.
>>
>> Fixes: 640e77466e69 ("staging: mmal-vchiq: Avoid use of bool in structures")
>> Signed-off-by: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@raspberrypi.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain@ideasonboard.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c
>> index cb921c94996a..17f8ceda87ca 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c
>> @@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ int vchiq_mmal_component_enable(struct vchiq_mmal_instance *instance,
>>
>> ret = enable_component(instance, component);
>> if (ret == 0)
>> - component->enabled = true;
>> + component->enabled = 1;
> Why not make enabled a bool instead?

Makes sense. It would probably require reverting the 640e77466e69
("staging: mmal-vchiq: Avoid use of bool in structures")

I'll also find other occurances in vchiq-mmal (if any). Also for other
reviewers, I found the context at:

7967656ffbfa ("coding-style: Clarify the expectations around bool")

Thanks,

uajain

>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h