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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: John Whitmore <johnfwhitmore@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename AdvCoding - Style
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 17:08:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180910150822.GB25530@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180829203547.15650-2-johnfwhitmore@gmail.com>

On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 09:35:27PM +0100, John Whitmore wrote:
> Rename the bit field element AdvCoding, as it causes a checkpatch issue
> with CamelCase naming. As the element is not actually used in code it
> has been renamed to 'not_used_adv_coding'.
> 
> The single line of code which initialises the bit has been removed,
> as the  field is unused.
> 
> This is a purely coding style change which should have no impact
> on runtime code execution.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Whitmore <johnfwhitmore@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HT.h     | 2 +-
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HTProc.c | 1 -
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HT.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HT.h
> index 64d5359cf7e2..66a0274077d3 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HT.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HT.h
> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ enum ht_extension_chan_offset {
>  
>  struct ht_capability_ele {
>  	//HT capability info
> -	u8	AdvCoding:1;
> +	u8	not_used_adv_coding:1;
>  	u8	ChlWidth:1;
>  	u8	MimoPwrSave:2;
>  	u8	GreenField:1;
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HTProc.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HTProc.c
> index 9bf52cebe4cd..d7f73a5831da 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HTProc.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HTProc.c
> @@ -550,7 +550,6 @@ void HTConstructCapabilityElement(struct ieee80211_device *ieee, u8 *posHTCap, u
>  	}
>  
>  	//HT capability info
> -	pCapELE->AdvCoding		= 0; // This feature is not supported now!!
>  	if (ieee->GetHalfNmodeSupportByAPsHandler(ieee->dev))
>  		pCapELE->ChlWidth = 0;
>  	else

If a structure like this, which is not read/written to hardware
directly, has fields that are not really used at all, just delete them.
That's much easier than having to apply this patch, and a later patch
which deletes the usage.

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-09-10 15:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-08-29 20:35 [PATCH 00/21] staging:rtl8192u: Refactor ht_capability_ele - Style John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 01/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename AdvCoding " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 21:14   ` Joe Perches
2018-08-29 21:21     ` Larry Finger
2018-08-29 21:55       ` John Whitmore
2018-08-30 22:34         ` Joe Perches
2018-08-31 22:27           ` John Whitmore
2018-08-30  8:23   ` Dan Carpenter
2018-08-30  8:26     ` Dan Carpenter
2018-08-30 21:35       ` John Whitmore
2018-08-31  7:24         ` Dan Carpenter
2018-09-10 15:08   ` Greg KH [this message]
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 02/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename ChlWidth " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 03/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename MimoPwrSave " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 04/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename GreenField " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 05/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename ShortGI20Mhz " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 06/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename ShortGI40Mhz " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 07/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename TxSTBC " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 08/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename RxSTBC " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 09/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename DelayBA " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 10/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename MaxAMSDUSize " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 11/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename DssCCk " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 12/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename PSMP " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 13/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename Rsvd1 " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 14/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename LSigTxopProtect " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 15/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename MaxRxAMPDUFactor " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 16/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename MPDUDensity " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 17/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename Rsvd2 " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 18/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename MCS " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 19/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename ExtHTCapInfo " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 20/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename TxBFCap " John Whitmore
2018-08-29 20:35 ` [PATCH 21/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename ASCap " John Whitmore

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