linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8188eu: remove not necessary braces {} (checkpatch fix)

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Date:   Wed, 01 Feb 2017 10:11:52 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Martin Karamihov <martinowar@...il.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8188eu: remove not necessary braces {}
 (checkpatch fix)

On Wed, 2017-02-01 at 18:36 +0200, Martin Karamihov wrote:
> 
> On 02/01/2017 12:39 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Tue, 2017-01-31 at 21:24 +0200, Martin Karamihov wrote:
> > > This is checkpatch fix for hal/bb_cfg.c file:
> > > remove not necessary braces {}
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Martin Karamihov <martinowar@...il.com>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/bb_cfg.c | 3 +--
> > >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/bb_cfg.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/bb_cfg.c
> > > index 134fa6c595a8..26e0ef224299 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/bb_cfg.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/bb_cfg.c
> > > @@ -534,9 +534,8 @@ static void store_pwrindex_offset(struct adapter *adapter,
> > >   		power_level_offset[11] = data;
> > >   	if (regaddr == rTxAGC_B_Mcs11_Mcs08)
> > >   		power_level_offset[12] = data;
> > > -	if (regaddr == rTxAGC_B_Mcs15_Mcs12) {
> > > +	if (regaddr == rTxAGC_B_Mcs15_Mcs12)
> > >   		power_level_offset[13] = data;
> > > -	}
> > 
> > presumably, this and the regaddr block above it
> > should be an else if or a switch/case.
> > 
> I will prepare the patch if this code modification is needed right now. 
> Is it?

No more nor less than the suggested brace removal.
Do please remember (or learn) that checkpatch is
a brainless script and clarifying the code for a
human reader is much more important than making a
file not have any checkpatch warnings.