Re: [PATCH] net: wireless: ath: ath9k: remove unnecessary code

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Tue May 09 2017 - 08:22:04 EST


"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi Kalle,
>
> Quoting Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> The name of an array used by itself will always return the array's address.
>>> So this test will always evaluate as true.
>>>
>>> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1364903
>>> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom.c | 2 +-
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom.c
>>> b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom.c
>>> index fb80ec8..5c3bc28 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom.c
>>> @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ bool ath9k_hw_nvram_read(struct ath_hw *ah, u32
>>> off, u16 *data)
>>>
>>> if (ah->eeprom_blob)
>>> ret = ath9k_hw_nvram_read_firmware(ah->eeprom_blob, off, data);
>>> - else if (pdata && !pdata->use_eeprom && pdata->eeprom_data)
>>> + else if (pdata && !pdata->use_eeprom)
>>> ret = ath9k_hw_nvram_read_pdata(pdata, off, data);
>>> else
>>> ret = common->bus_ops->eeprom_read(common, off, data);
>>
>> The patch may very well be valid (didn't check yet) but the commit log
>> is gibberish for me.
>>
>
> Let me correct that and I'll send the patch again.

Thanks.

Also no need to have that long "net: wireless: ath:" prefix, "ath9k: "
or "ath10k: " is enough.

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Kalle Valo