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

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Tue May 09 2017 - 08:36:57 EST



Quoting Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

"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.


I get it.

Thanks!
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Gustavo A. R. Silva