Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: simplify control flow

[Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>]

Hi Sevinj,

On 4/3/22 18:51, Sevinj Aghayeva wrote:
> The function iterates an index from 0 to NUM_PMKID_CACHE and returns
> the first index for which the condition is true. If no such index is
> found, the function returns -1. Current code has a complex control
> flow that obfuscates this simple task. Replace it with a loop.
> 
> Also, given the shortened function body, replace the long variable
> name psecuritypriv with a short variable name p.
> 
> Reported by checkpatch:
> 
> WARNING: else is not generally useful after a break or return
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sevinj Aghayeva <sevinj.aghayeva@gmail.com>
> ---

[code snip]

> +	for (i = 0; i < NUM_PMKID_CACHE; i++)
> +		if ((p->PMKIDList[i].bUsed) &&
> +				(!memcmp(p->PMKIDList[i].Bssid, bssid, ETH_ALEN)))
> +			return i;
> +	return -1;
>   }
>   
>   /*  */

Looks good, but let's not introduce new checkpatch issue:

CHECK: Alignment should match open parenthesis
#62: FILE: drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c:1645:
+		if ((p->PMKIDList[i].bUsed) &&
+				(!memcmp(p->PMKIDList[i].Bssid, bssid, ETH_ALEN)))




With regards,
Pavel Skripkin