Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] netlink: Don't use int as bool in netlink_update_socket_mc()

[Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>]

On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 04:31:31PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> The bit operations take boolean parameter and return also boolean
> (in test_bit()-like cases). Don't threat booleans as integers when
> it's not needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
> index 9c9df143a2ec..81e4b802f3f9 100644
> --- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
> +++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
> @@ -1623,9 +1623,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_set_err);
>  /* must be called with netlink table grabbed */
>  static void netlink_update_socket_mc(struct netlink_sock *nlk,
>  				     unsigned int group,
> -				     int is_new)
> +				     bool new)
>  {
> -	int old, new = !!is_new, subscriptions;
> +	int subscriptions;
> +	bool old;
>  
>  	old = test_bit(group - 1, nlk->groups);
>  	subscriptions = nlk->subscriptions - old + new;

Hi Andy,

Doing arithmetic with boolean values doesn't seem right to me.

In any case, net-next is closed.
Please consider reposting once it re-opens, after 10th July.

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