linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/11] staging: rtl8192e: Remove dead code: dig_t::dbg

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Message-ID: <20150603072642.GA6897@sudip-PC>
Date:	Wed, 3 Jun 2015 12:56:42 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Mateusz Kulikowski <mateusz.kulikowski@...il.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, joe@...ches.com,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, dan.carpenter@...cle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/11] staging: rtl8192e: Remove dead code:
 dig_t::dbg_mode

On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 10:48:11PM +0200, Mateusz Kulikowski wrote:
> dig_t::dbg_mode is initialized to one value and checked only once in code.
> This patch throws it away, and deletes always-true condition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski <mateusz.kulikowski@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_dm.c |  5 +----
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_dm.h | 24 ------------------------
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 28 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_dm.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_dm.c
> index d869629..95a7c8e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_dm.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_dm.c
<snip>
> @@ -1949,7 +1947,6 @@ static void dm_init_rxpath_selection(struct net_device *dev)
>  		DM_RxPathSelTable.cck_method = CCK_Rx_Version_2;
>  	else
>  		DM_RxPathSelTable.cck_method = CCK_Rx_Version_1;
> -	DM_RxPathSelTable.DbgMode = DM_DBG_OFF;
so now DM_RxPathSelTable.DbgMode is not initialized, but at line 1992 we have

if (!DM_RxPathSelTable.DbgMode)
	DM_RxPathSelTable.rf_rssi[i] = priv->stats.rx_rssi_percentage[i];

am i missing something here?

regards
sudip
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