Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 May 2015 17:45:10 +0200 | From | Nicholas Mc Guire <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH V2] rcu: change function declaration to bool |
| |
On Mon, 11 May 2015, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:28:30AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > On Mon, 11 May 2015 17:10:59 +0200 > > Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@osadl.org> wrote: > > > > > rcu_cpu_has_callbacks() is declared int but is actually returning bool and > > > and as the function description states " * Return true if the specified > > > CPU has any callback....", this probably should be a bool. All (3) > > > call-sites currently treat it as bool so the declaration. > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@osadl.org> > > > --- > > > > > > V2: fixed up commit message and tool infos as requested by > > > Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> > > > > > > Type-checking coccinelle spatches are being used to locate type > > > mismatches between function signatures and return values. > > > ./kernel/rcu/tree.c:3538 WARNING: return of wrong type > > > int != bool, > > > > > > Patch was compile tested with x86_64_defconfig (implies CONFIG_TREE_RCU=y) > > > > > > Patch is against 4.1-rc3 (localversion-next is -next-20150511) > > > > I think what Josh was saying is that all the above except for the "V2" > > should be above the signature. Everything between the "---" and the > > patch gets tossed out when committed into git. > > > > Giving credit to coccinelle and even what branch and config was used > > for testing is something we want in the git change log history. > > Yes, exactly. > ok - sorry for being so complicated. had been putting config info below in all patches - and in git log I do not see that information being included - anyway will move it up and resend in a momemt.
thx! hofrat
| |