Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: simplify conditional statement

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Thu Oct 15 2015 - 08:56:33 EST


On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 01:33:14PM +0100, Luis de Bethencourt wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
> index c443e2e..1c2d1a4 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
> @@ -466,10 +466,7 @@ void ieee80211_softmac_scan_syncro(struct ieee80211_device *ieee)
> /* this prevent excessive time wait when we
> * need to wait for a syncro scan to end..
> */
> - if(ieee->state < IEEE80211_LINKED)
> - ;
> - else
> - if (ieee->sync_scan_hurryup)
> + if(!ieee->state > IEEE80211_LINKED && ieee->sync_scan_hurryup)

The precedence is wrong here. What you wrote is equivalent to:

if ((!ieee->state) > IEEE80211_LINKED)
goto out;

Which can never be true. Also use checkpatch.pl on your patches before
sending.

regards,
dan carpenter

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