Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 4/4] staging: rtl8723bs: Change the type and use of a variable

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 11:22:32AM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> Change the type of fw_current_in_ps_mode from u8 to bool, because
> it is used everywhere as a bool and, accordingly, it should be
> declared as a bool. Shorten the controlling
> expression of an 'if' statement.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_intf.c        | 2 +-
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_pwrctrl.h | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_intf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_intf.c
> index 96fe172ced8d..8dc4dd8c6d4c 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_intf.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_intf.c
> @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ void rtw_hal_dm_watchdog(struct adapter *padapter)
>  
>  void rtw_hal_dm_watchdog_in_lps(struct adapter *padapter)
>  {
> -	if (adapter_to_pwrctl(padapter)->fw_current_in_ps_mode == true) {
> +	if (adapter_to_pwrctl(padapter)->fw_current_in_ps_mode) {
>  		if (padapter->HalFunc.hal_dm_watchdog_in_lps)
>  			padapter->HalFunc.hal_dm_watchdog_in_lps(padapter); /* this function caller is in interrupt context */
>  	}
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_pwrctrl.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_pwrctrl.h
> index 0a48f1653be5..0767dbb84199 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_pwrctrl.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_pwrctrl.h
> @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ struct pwrctrl_priv {
>  	u8 LpsIdleCount;
>  	u8 power_mgnt;
>  	u8 org_power_mgnt;
> -	u8 fw_current_in_ps_mode;
> +	bool fw_current_in_ps_mode;
>  	unsigned long	DelayLPSLastTimeStamp;
>  	s32		pnp_current_pwr_state;
>  	u8 pnp_bstop_trx;

If this is only checked, how can it ever be true?  Who ever sets this
value?

thanks,

greg k-h