From: "Luka Gejak" <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
To: "mgcvale" <miguelcvalealt@gmail.com>,
<linux-staging@lists.linux.dev>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: <~lkcamp/patches@lists.sr.ht>, <koike@igalia.com>,
"Luka Gejak" <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: replace NULL comparison with NOT operator
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:39:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DI1FE1OD4X7Y.1CJRGF8RIZ11O@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260423184219.827694-1-miguelcvalealt@gmail.com>
On Thu Apr 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM CEST, mgcvale wrote:
Hi Mgcvale,
thanks for the patch, few notes below.
> Fix checkpatch error "Comparison to NULL could be written
> "!psta"" in ioctl_cfg80211.c:2432
You shouldn't break line above like that, idealy break it at 70-72
characters, not 58.
>
> Signed-off-by: mgcvale <miguelcvalealt@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by tag must use real name to satify Developer's certificate
of origin, so Signed-off-by: Firstname Lastname <email>
>
^^^^
You also have unnecessary blank line above, which should be removed.
> ---
> Hey, this is my first patch, so I appreciate any feedback.
> Thanks!
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
> index fd3bae31b0ed..8ae3adecafd9 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
> @@ -2429,7 +2429,7 @@ static int cfg80211_rtw_dump_station(struct wiphy *wiphy,
> spin_lock_bh(&pstapriv->asoc_list_lock);
> psta = rtw_sta_info_get_by_idx(idx, pstapriv);
> spin_unlock_bh(&pstapriv->asoc_list_lock);
> - if (psta == NULL) {
> + if (!psta) {
> ret = -ENOENT;
> goto exit;
> }
So please send v2 with mentioned changes, code itself is good and should
be left as is.
Best regards,
Luka Gejak
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2026-04-23 18:42 [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: replace NULL comparison with NOT operator mgcvale
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