linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: ks7010: Factor out repeated code into function 'ks_wlan

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Date:   Thu, 1 Mar 2018 14:15:00 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>
Cc:     Quytelda Kahja <quytelda@...alin.org>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, wsa@...-dreams.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: ks7010: Factor out repeated code into
 function 'ks_wlan_cap()'.

On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 05:37:21PM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 09:19:09PM -0800, Quytelda Kahja wrote:
> > The code that generates a WLAN capability mask is repeated in five
> > functions.  This change refactors that code into a new function, which is
> > called now in each of those functions.
> 
> Perhaps in future something like:
> 
> Code to generate the WLAN capability mask is duplicated five times
> 
> Add helper function to generate WLAN capability mask, refactor code to
> use newly defined function.
> 

I honestly don't see the difference between that and what Quytelda
wrote?  I understood the original changelog just fine.

regards,
dan carpenter