linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] Staging: rtl8188eu: core: rtw_mlme_ext: Use list_for_each_entry

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Message-ID: <20171019081439.wwu7zlxhgweapm33@mwanda>
Date:   Thu, 19 Oct 2017 11:14:39 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Srishti Sharma <srishtishar@...il.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] Staging: rtl8188eu: core: rtw_mlme_ext: Use
 list_for_each_entry_safe

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 01:01:39AM +0530, Srishti Sharma wrote:
> This is a cleanup patch and doesn't change runtime behaviour. It
> changes an open coded list traversal to use list_for_each_entry_safe.
> Done using the following semantic patch by coccinelle.
> 
> @r@
> struct list_head* l;
> expression e;
> identifier m,list_del_init,f;
> type T1;
> T1* pos;
> iterator name list_for_each_entry_safe;
> @@
> 
> f(...){
> 
> +T1* tmp;
> <+...
> -while(...)
> +list_for_each_entry_safe(pos,tmp,l,m)
> {
> ...
> -pos = container_of(l,T1,m);
> ...
> -l=e;
>  <+...
>  list_del_init(&pos->m)
>  ...+>
> }
> ...+>
> 
> }
> 
> Signed-off-by: Srishti Sharma <srishtishar@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 9 ++++-----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> index 685c071..cf85fb4 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> @@ -5463,6 +5463,8 @@ u8 mlme_evt_hdl(struct adapter *padapter, unsigned char *pbuf)
>  
>  u8 tx_beacon_hdl(struct adapter *padapter, unsigned char *pbuf)
>  {
> +	struct xmit_frame *tmp;
> +
>  	if (send_beacon(padapter) == _FAIL) {
>  		DBG_88E("issue_beacon, fail!\n");
>  		return H2C_PARAMETERS_ERROR;
> @@ -5486,11 +5488,8 @@ u8 tx_beacon_hdl(struct adapter *padapter, unsigned char *pbuf)
>  			xmitframe_phead = get_list_head(&psta_bmc->sleep_q);
>  			xmitframe_plist = xmitframe_phead->next;
>  
> -			while (xmitframe_phead != xmitframe_plist) {
> -				pxmitframe = container_of(xmitframe_plist, struct xmit_frame, list);
> -
> -				xmitframe_plist = xmitframe_plist->next;
> -
> +			list_for_each_entry_safe(pxmitframe, tmp,
> +						 xmitframe_plist, list) {

I'm pretty sure we should get rid of the xmitframe_plist variable and
use xmitframe_phead here.

regards,
dan carpenter