linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723au: Fixes unnecessary return warning

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 2016 13:00:40 -0500
From:	Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...hat.com>
To:	Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com>
Cc:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@...il.com>,
	Haneen Mohammed <hamohammed.sa@...il.com>,
	Andreas Ruprecht <andreas.ruprecht@....de>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723au: Fixes unnecessary return warning

Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com> writes:
> This patch fixes checkpatch.pl warning in rtw_mlme_ext.c file.
> WARNING: void function return statements are not generally useful
>
> Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 10 ----------
>  1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> index d28f29a..e8a16b9 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> @@ -2657,7 +2657,6 @@ static void issue_probersp(struct rtw_adapter *padapter, unsigned char *da)
>
>  	dump_mgntframe23a(padapter, pmgntframe);
>
> -	return;
>  }

If you insist on pushing this rather unncessary change, please do it
properly, and remove the blank line before the return statement as well.

Jes