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From: "George Spelvin" <linux@horizon.com>
To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux@horizon.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk,
	waiman.long@hp.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/4] spinlock: A new lockref structure for lockless update of refcount
Date: 30 Aug 2013 23:06:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130831030633.28455.qmail@science.horizon.com> (raw)

Just noticing that you are adding several functions that return a boolean
value as an int.  And a "gotref" local variable.

Is that just not wanting to bother with thse newfangled C99 innovations,
or do you dislike the "bool" type for some reason?

Even if it doesn't change the code in the slightest, I like to declare
things with the bool type for documentation.  I can see avoiding code
churn, but this is all new code, so I thought I'd ask.

(FWIW, stdbool.h was in gcc 3.2, which README says is the minimum
supported version, although that's probably outdated information.)

             reply	other threads:[~2013-08-31  3:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 146+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-31  3:06 George Spelvin [this message]
2013-08-31 17:16 ` [PATCH v7 1/4] spinlock: A new lockref structure for lockless update of refcount Linus Torvalds
2013-09-01  8:50   ` George Spelvin
2013-09-01 11:10     ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-09-01 15:49       ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-01 18:11         ` Steven Rostedt
2013-09-01 20:03           ` Linus Torvalds
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-08-06  3:12 [PATCH v7 0/4] Lockless update of reference count protected by spinlock Waiman Long
2013-08-06  3:12 ` [PATCH v7 1/4] spinlock: A new lockref structure for lockless update of refcount Waiman Long
2013-08-29  1:40   ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-29  4:44     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-08-29  7:00       ` Ingo Molnar
2013-08-29 16:43         ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-29 19:25           ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-29 23:42             ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30  0:26               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-08-30  0:49                 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30  2:06                   ` Michael Neuling
2013-08-30  2:30                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-08-30  2:35                       ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30  2:45                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-08-30  2:31                     ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30  2:43                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-08-30  7:16                   ` Ingo Molnar
2013-08-30 15:28                     ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30  3:12               ` Waiman Long
2013-08-30  3:54                 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30  7:55                   ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30  8:10                     ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30  9:27                     ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30  9:48                       ` Ingo Molnar
2013-08-30  9:56                         ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30  9:58                           ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 10:29                             ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 10:36                               ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-08-30 10:44                                 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 10:46                                   ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 10:52                                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-08-30 10:57                                     ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 14:05                                       ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 11:19                                 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 10:38                               ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 15:34                       ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 15:38                         ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 16:12                           ` Steven Rostedt
2013-08-30 16:16                             ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 18:42                             ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 16:32                           ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 16:37                             ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 16:52                               ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 17:11                                 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 17:26                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-01 10:01                                 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-01 10:33                                   ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-01 15:32                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-01 15:45                                     ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-01 15:55                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-02 10:30                                         ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-02 16:09                                           ` David Ahern
2013-09-01 20:59                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-01 21:23                                       ` Al Viro
2013-09-01 22:16                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-01 22:35                                           ` Al Viro
2013-09-01 22:44                                             ` Al Viro
2013-09-01 22:58                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-01 22:48                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-01 23:30                                             ` Al Viro
2013-09-02  0:12                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-02  0:50                                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-02  7:05                                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2013-09-02 16:44                                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 10:15                                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2013-09-03 15:41                                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 18:34                                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 19:19                                                             ` Ingo Molnar
2013-09-03 21:05                                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 21:13                                                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 21:34                                                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 21:39                                                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 14:08                                                       ` Pavel Machek
2013-09-03 22:37                                     ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-03 22:55                                       ` Dave Jones
2013-09-03 23:05                                         ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-03 23:15                                           ` Dave Jones
2013-09-03 23:20                                             ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-03 23:45                                       ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 18:33                   ` Waiman Long
2013-08-30 18:53                     ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 19:20                       ` Waiman Long
2013-08-30 19:33                         ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 20:15                           ` Waiman Long
2013-08-30 20:43                             ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 20:54                               ` Al Viro
2013-08-30 21:03                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 21:44                                   ` Al Viro
2013-08-30 22:30                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-31 21:23                                       ` Al Viro
2013-08-31 22:49                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-31 23:27                                           ` Al Viro
2013-09-01  0:13                                             ` Al Viro
2013-09-01 17:48                                               ` Al Viro
2013-09-09  8:30                                               ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-08-30 21:10                                 ` Waiman Long
2013-08-30 21:22                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 21:30                                   ` Al Viro
2013-08-30 21:42                                     ` Waiman Long
2013-08-30 19:40                         ` Al Viro
2013-08-30 19:52                           ` Waiman Long
2013-08-30 20:26                             ` Al Viro
2013-08-30 20:35                               ` Waiman Long
2013-08-30 20:48                                 ` Al Viro
2013-08-31  2:02                                   ` Waiman Long
2013-08-31  2:35                                     ` Al Viro
2013-08-31  2:42                                       ` Al Viro
2013-09-02 19:25                                         ` Waiman Long
2013-09-03  6:01                                           ` Ingo Molnar
2013-09-03  7:24                                             ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-03 15:38                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 15:14                                             ` Waiman Long
2013-09-03 15:34                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 19:09                                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 21:01                                                   ` Waiman Long
2013-09-04 14:52                                                   ` Waiman Long
2013-09-04 15:14                                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-04 19:25                                                       ` Waiman Long
2013-09-04 21:34                                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-05  2:35                                                           ` Waiman Long
2013-09-05 13:31                                                     ` Ingo Molnar
2013-09-05 17:33                                                       ` Waiman Long
2013-09-05 17:40                                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2013-09-03 22:41                                               ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-03 23:11                                                 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-08 21:45               ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-09  0:03                 ` Al Viro
2013-09-09  0:25                   ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-09  0:35                     ` Al Viro
2013-09-09  0:38                       ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-09  0:57                         ` Al Viro
2013-09-09  2:09                     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-09-09  0:30                   ` Al Viro
2013-09-09  3:32                   ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-09  4:06                     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-09-09  5:44                     ` Al Viro
2013-08-30 17:17           ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-08-30 17:28             ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 17:33               ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-29 15:20     ` Waiman Long

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