Re: [PATCH v2 12/16] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unnecessary braces for single statement blocks

[Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>]

On Thu, Sep 04, 2025 at 02:14:44AM +0000, Vivek BalachandharTN wrote:
> Drop braces around conditional blocks that contain only a single
> statement, as required by kernel coding style. This enhances clarity
> and reduces visual clutter.
> 
> No functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivek BalachandharTN <vivek.balachandhar@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
> index ef9057456768..27be46c11b65 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
> @@ -514,9 +514,8 @@ void rtw_update_scanned_network(struct adapter *adapter, struct wlan_bssid_ex *t
>  			break;
>  		}
>  
> -		if (rtw_roam_flags(adapter)) {
> +		if (rtw_roam_flags(adapter))
>  			/* TODO: don't select network in the same ess as oldest if it's new enough*/
> -		}

Heh.  No.

>  
>  		if (!oldest || time_after(oldest->last_scanned, pnetwork->last_scanned))
>  			oldest = pnetwork;
> @@ -2546,9 +2545,8 @@ void rtw_update_ht_cap(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *pie, uint ie_len, u8 channe
>  	len = 0;
>  	p = rtw_get_ie(pie + sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie), WLAN_EID_HT_OPERATION, &len,
>  		       ie_len - sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie));
> -	if (p && len > 0) {
> +	if (p && len > 0)
>  		/* todo: */
> -	}

Also no.  Also heh.  You've introduced a bug.  Smatch does find this
sort of bug btw.

$ ~/smatch/released/smatch_scripts/kchecker --spammy drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
  SYNC    include/config/auto.conf
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
  CHECK   scripts/mod/empty.c
  CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh
  DESCEND objtool
  INSTALL libsubcmd_headers
  CC [M]  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.o
  CHECK   drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c:843 find_network() error: we previously assumed 'pwlan' could be null (see line 838)
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c:2413 rtw_restructure_ht_ie() warn: odd binop '0x1c & 0x0'
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c:2467 rtw_update_ht_cap() warn: if statement not indented
$

It's always a good idea to add a kchecker to your QC process.

regards,
dan carpenter