Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 4/4] staging: rtl8723bs: Change the type and use of a variable

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Sat Apr 10 2021 - 06:02:12 EST




On Sat, 10 Apr 2021, Greg KH wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 11:22:32AM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > Change the type of fw_current_in_ps_mode from u8 to bool, because
> > it is used everywhere as a bool and, accordingly, it should be
> > declared as a bool. Shorten the controlling
> > expression of an 'if' statement.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_intf.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_pwrctrl.h | 2 +-
> > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_intf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_intf.c
> > index 96fe172ced8d..8dc4dd8c6d4c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_intf.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_intf.c
> > @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ void rtw_hal_dm_watchdog(struct adapter *padapter)
> >
> > void rtw_hal_dm_watchdog_in_lps(struct adapter *padapter)
> > {
> > - if (adapter_to_pwrctl(padapter)->fw_current_in_ps_mode == true) {
> > + if (adapter_to_pwrctl(padapter)->fw_current_in_ps_mode) {
> > if (padapter->HalFunc.hal_dm_watchdog_in_lps)
> > padapter->HalFunc.hal_dm_watchdog_in_lps(padapter); /* this function caller is in interrupt context */
> > }
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_pwrctrl.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_pwrctrl.h
> > index 0a48f1653be5..0767dbb84199 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_pwrctrl.h
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_pwrctrl.h
> > @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ struct pwrctrl_priv {
> > u8 LpsIdleCount;
> > u8 power_mgnt;
> > u8 org_power_mgnt;
> > - u8 fw_current_in_ps_mode;
> > + bool fw_current_in_ps_mode;
> > unsigned long DelayLPSLastTimeStamp;
> > s32 pnp_current_pwr_state;
> > u8 pnp_bstop_trx;
>
> If this is only checked, how can it ever be true? Who ever sets this
> value?

I think it's already updated everywhere with true and false, so there is
nothing to change. But it would be good to make that clear in the log
message.

julia

>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
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