Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: split chained assignment in xmit_linux.c

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>]

On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 10:20:26AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 07:10:19PM -0500, Keith Teeple wrote:

...

> >  void _rtw_open_pktfile(struct sk_buff *pktptr, struct pkt_file *pfile)
> >  {
> >  	pfile->pkt = pktptr;
> > -	pfile->cur_addr = pfile->buf_start = pktptr->data;
> > -	pfile->pkt_len = pfile->buf_len = pktptr->len;
> > -
> > +	pfile->buf_start = pktptr->data;
> > +	pfile->cur_addr = pfile->buf_start;
> 
> Please don't do it like this.  Do it like this:

+1, good advice!

> 	pfile->buf_start = pktptr->data;
> 	pfile->cur_addr = pktptr->data;
> 
> Otherwise we have made the new version harder to read than the original
> code.

Not only read, but prone to subtle mistakes in the future!


> > +	pfile->buf_len = pktptr->len;
> > +	pfile->pkt_len = pfile->buf_len;
> >  	pfile->cur_buffer = pfile->buf_start;
> >  }

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko