Re: [PATCH 1/2] tty: Convert tty_buffer flags to bool

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 12:42:39PM +0300, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> The struct tty_buffer has flags which is only used for storing TTYB_NORMAL.
> There is also a few quite confusing operations for checking the presense
> of TTYB_NORMAL. Simplify things by converting flags to bool.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c   | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
>  include/linux/tty_buffer.h |  5 +----
>  include/linux/tty_flip.h   |  4 ++--
>  3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
> index 5e287dedce01..be3431575a19 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static void tty_buffer_reset(struct tty_buffer *p, size_t size)
>  	p->commit = 0;
>  	p->lookahead = 0;
>  	p->read = 0;
> -	p->flags = 0;
> +	p->flags = true;
>  }
>  
>  /**
> @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ void tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_ldisc *ld)
>   * __tty_buffer_request_room	-	grow tty buffer if needed
>   * @port: tty port
>   * @size: size desired
> - * @flags: buffer flags if new buffer allocated (default = 0)
> + * @flags: buffer flags if new buffer allocated

If all this does is store TTYB_NORMAL, why not name it "ttyb_normal"?
Leaving it at "flags" and having that be a boolean is just confusing.

thanks,

greg k-h