Re: [PATCH] mnt: remove unneeded conversion to bool

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Fri, 2021-12-03 at 17:24 -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 12/3/21 12:50 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Fri, 2021-12-03 at 11:26 -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
> > > On 11/24/21 5:56 PM, davidcomponentone@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > From: Yang Guang <yang.guang5@zte.com.cn>
> > > > 
> > > > The coccinelle report
> > > > ./tools/testing/selftests/mount/unprivileged-remount-test.c:285:54-59:
> > > > WARNING: conversion to bool not needed here
> > > > ./tools/testing/selftests/mount/unprivileged-remount-test.c:207:54-59:
> > > > WARNING: conversion to bool not needed here
> > > > Relational and logical operators evaluate to bool,
> > > > explicit conversion is overly verbose and unneeded.
> > > > 
> > > > Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@zte.com.cn>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Yang Guang <yang.guang5@zte.com.cn>
> > > > ---
> > > >    tools/testing/selftests/mount/unprivileged-remount-test.c | 4 ++--
> > > >    1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mount/unprivileged-remount-test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mount/unprivileged-remount-test.c
> > > > index 584dc6bc3b06..d2917054fe3a 100644
> > > > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mount/unprivileged-remount-test.c
> > > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mount/unprivileged-remount-test.c
> > > > @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ bool test_unpriv_remount(const char *fstype, const char *mount_options,
> > > >    		if (!WIFEXITED(status)) {
> > > >    			die("child did not terminate cleanly\n");
> > > >    		}
> > > > -		return WEXITSTATUS(status) == EXIT_SUCCESS ? true : false;
> > > > +		return WEXITSTATUS(status) == EXIT_SUCCESS;
> > > >    	}
> > > >    
> > > >    	create_and_enter_userns();
> > > > @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static bool test_priv_mount_unpriv_remount(void)
> > > >    		if (!WIFEXITED(status)) {
> > > >    			die("child did not terminate cleanly\n");
> > > >    		}
> > > > -		return WEXITSTATUS(status) == EXIT_SUCCESS ? true : false;
> > > > +		return WEXITSTATUS(status) == EXIT_SUCCESS;
> > > >    	}
> > > >    
> > > >    	orig_mnt_flags = read_mnt_flags(orig_path);
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > This change doesn't look right. WEXITSTATUS(status) return could be
> > > > 1 or 0 or negative.
> > 
> > The change is at least logically correct.
> > 
> > And isn't WEXITSTATUS range limited from 0->255 ?
> > 
> > https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Exit-Status.html
> > 
> 
> You are right. In any case, I don't see any value in changing the current
> logic. The way it is coded is cryptic enough :)

Well, it'd be more like the rest of the kernel when changed.

bool function()
{
	...
	return <foo> ? true : false;
}

is pretty redundant.