linux-kernel - Re: staging: wilc1000: Reduce scope for a few variables in mac

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jul 2016 18:00:24 +0200
From:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Steve Caldwell <Steve.Caldwell@...rochip.com>
Subject: Re: staging: wilc1000: Reduce scope for a few variables in
 mac_ioctl()

> Which circumstances do "not any sense at all" imply? 

Should the expression 'strlen("RSSI")' be passed for the parameter 'length' instead?


> I suggest to fix this since it is indeed a bug,

We can agree that this function implementation was broken for a while there.


> instead of doing "micro optimizations" - which is the last thing that code in the staging area 
> needs (as IIRC you have already been told by others, including the staging maintainer).

The acceptance might grow a bit more for such software fine-tuning
(like refactoring around variable usage).

Regards,
Markus