Re: [PATCH 0/3] vc04_services: Promote bool usage
From: Dave Stevenson
Date: Fri Nov 18 2022 - 12:26:14 EST
Hi Stefan
On Thu, 17 Nov 2022 at 18:11, Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> Am 17.11.22 um 17:00 schrieb Umang Jain:
> > In commit 7967656ffbfa ("coding-style: Clarify the expectations around
> > bool") the check to dis-allow bool structure members was removed from
> > checkpatch.pl. It promotes bool structure members to store boolean
> > values. This enhances code readability.
> >
> > Umang Jain (3):
> > Revert "staging: mmal-vchiq: Avoid use of bool in structures"
> > vc04_services: mmal-vchiq: Use bool for vchiq_mmal_component.in_use
> > vc04_services: bcm2835-camera: Use bool values for
> > mmal_fmt.remove_padding
> >
> > .../bcm2835-camera/bcm2835-camera.c | 30 +++++++++----------
> > .../vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c | 18 +++++------
> > .../vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.h | 6 ++--
> could you please check these changes to be safe? I'm not sure that the
> affected declarations are really internal. I'm afraid this might affect
> firmware or userspace.
No problem. These are totally safe.
As I've commented on the v2 patch, if it were in the mmal-msg*.h files
then I'd be more concerned as those are matching the firmware
structures, but these are just internal state.
Dave
> > 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> >