Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: change return type of rtw_set_802_11_disassociate to void

[Phillip Potter]

On Thu, Nov 03, 2022 at 06:37:38AM +0100, Michael Straube wrote:
> Hi Phillip,
> 
> On 11/3/22 00:36, Phillip Potter wrote:
> > Change return type of rtw_set_802_11_disassociate to void. This function
> > always returns 'true' no matter what, so there is no need to return a
> > value, and no need to check for it in the two call sites within
> > rtw_wx_set_mlme.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Phillip Potter <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c    | 4 +---
> >   drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_ioctl_set.h | 2 +-
> >   drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c    | 6 ++----
> >   3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> > @@ -1020,12 +1020,10 @@ static int rtw_wx_set_mlme(struct net_device *dev,
> >   	switch (mlme->cmd) {
> >   	case IW_MLME_DEAUTH:
> > -		if (!rtw_set_802_11_disassociate(padapter))
> > -			ret = -1;
> > +		rtw_set_802_11_disassociate(padapter);
> >   		break;
> >   	case IW_MLME_DISASSOC:
> > -		if (!rtw_set_802_11_disassociate(padapter))
> > -			ret = -1;
> > +		rtw_set_802_11_disassociate(padapter);
> >   		break;
> >   	default:
> >   		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> 
> You could also remove the ret variable and return 0 directly, since ret
> is not changed anymore in the function.
> 
> regards,
> Michael

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the review, and you're absolutely right. I will publish a V2
shortly.

Regards,
Phil