Re: [PATCH] bpf, x32: remove unneeded conversion to bool

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Thu Apr 23 2020 - 05:41:28 EST


On 2020-04-22 19:10, Wang YanQing wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 11:43:58AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> On 2020-04-20 05:37, Jason Yan wrote:
>>> The '==' expression itself is bool, no need to convert it to bool again.
>>> This fixes the following coccicheck warning:
>>>
>>> arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c:1478:50-55: WARNING: conversion to bool
>>> not needed here
>>> arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c:1479:50-55: WARNING: conversion to bool
>>> not needed here
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jason Yan <yanaijie@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c | 4 ++--
>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>
>> x32 is not i386.
>>
>> -hpa
> Hi! H. Peter Anvin and all
>
> I use the name "x86_32" to describe it in original commit 03f5781be2c7
> ("bpf, x86_32: add eBPF JIT compiler for ia32"), but almost all following
> committers and contributors use the world "x32", I think it is short format
> for x{86_}32.
>
> Yes, I agree, "x32" isn't the right name here, I think "x32" is well known
> as a ABI, so maybe we should use "x86_32" or ia32 in future communication.
>
> Which one is the best name here? x86_32 or ia32 or anything other?
>

x86-32 or i386.

-hpa