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Date:	Wed, 09 Apr 2014 23:11:52 +0400
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] staging: r8188eu: Fix case where ethtype was never
 obtained and always be checked against 0

On 04/09/2014 11:02 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:

>>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
>>> index 01fcabc..61084d6 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
>>> @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ static struct recv_frame *portctrl(struct adapter *adapter,
>>>   	struct sta_info *psta;
>>>   	struct sta_priv *pstapriv;
>>>   	struct recv_frame *prtnframe;
>>> -	u16	ether_type = 0;
>>> +	u16	ether_type;

>>     I suggest:

>> 	u16 ethertype;

> I don't understand this suggestion.  Why is that name prefered?

    Sorry, I've managed to somehow remove the underscore. :-/
My real suggestion was to replace the tab with a space.

> regards,
> dan carpenter

WBR, Sergei

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