netdev - Re: rtlwifi: rtl818x: remove redundant check for cck

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Date:   Thu,  7 Dec 2017 13:16:32 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: rtlwifi: rtl818x: remove redundant check for cck_power > 15

Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> cck_poweri cannot be greated than 15 as is derived from the bottom 4 bits
> from riv->channels[channel - 1].hw_value & 0xf.  Hence the check for it
> being greater than 15 is redundant and can be removed.
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#744303 ("Logically dead code")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

45d9d1a12efa rtlwifi: rtl818x: remove redundant check for cck_power > 15

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10057925/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches