Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] net/mlx4: Get rid of page operation after dma_alloc_coherent

From: Bart Van Assche <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:49:05 -0800

On Thu, 2018-12-20 at 18:44 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 10:43:18AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > >   - chunk->coherent is an int not a bool since checkpatch complains about
> > >     using bool in structs; see https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/11/21/384.
> > 
> > :( bool is much more readable and there is no performance concern in
> > this struct. I think checkpatch is overzealous here.
> 
> Yes.  Nevermind that this for bool vs bitfield.  A int is worse in
> every respect in the criteria used in that mail.

(+Joe Perches)

Hi Joe,

This is the second time that I see that the checkpatch complaint about using
bool in a structure leads kernel contributors to a bad decision. Please consider
removing that warning from checkpatch.

Thanks,

Bart.