Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: modify struct field to use standard bool type

On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 6:06 AM Julia Lawall <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Wed, 2 Apr 2025, Abraham Samuel Adekunle wrote:
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> > The struct field uses the uint values 0 and 1 to represent false and
> > true values respectively.
> >
> > Convert cases to use the bool type instead to conform to Linux
> > coding styles and ensure consistency.
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> This is vague.  Ensure consistency with what?  You can point out that true
> or false was already being used elsewhere in the code.

Okay Noted.
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> > reported by Coccinelle:
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> > Signed-off-by: Abraham Samuel Adekunle <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ap.c      | 2 +-
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/sta_info.h | 2 +-
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ap.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ap.c
> > index ed6942e289a5..82f54f769ed1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ap.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ap.c
> > @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ void update_bmc_sta(struct adapter *padapter)
> >               psta->qos_option = 0;
> >               psta->htpriv.ht_option = false;
> >
> > -             psta->ieee8021x_blocked = 0;
> > +             psta->ieee8021x_blocked = false;
> >
> >               memset((void *)&psta->sta_stats, 0, sizeof(struct stainfo_stats));
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/sta_info.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/sta_info.h
> > index b3535fed3de7..63343998266a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/sta_info.h
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/sta_info.h
> > @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct sta_info {
> >       uint qos_option;
> >       u8 hwaddr[ETH_ALEN];
> >
> > -     uint    ieee8021x_blocked;      /* 0: allowed, 1:blocked */
> > +     bool ieee8021x_blocked;
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> This declaration doesn't have the same alignment as the others.
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> You should also check whether this is a structure that is read from the
> hardware.  In that case, it would be a concern if the bool field does not
> have the same size as the uint one.
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> julia

Thank you very much. I will confirm and effect the changes

Adekunle