linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] staging: rtl8188eu: remove unused rtw_handle_tkip_mic

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Message-ID: <7f238d0f-3d65-8f43-61a0-647147ecafdc@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:09:14 +0200
From:   Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] staging: rtl8188eu: remove unused
 rtw_handle_tkip_mic_err()

On 07/30/18 11:27, Michael Straube wrote:
> On 07/30/18 11:02, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 08:54:43PM +0200, Michael Straube wrote:
>>> The function rtw_handle_tkip_mic_err() is never used, so remove it.
>>> Discovered by cppcheck.
>>
>> That's a bad tool then, as this is used, and the build breaks when this
>> patch is applied :(
>>
>> I've dropped it now.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> greg k-h
>>
> 
> Hm, that's weired, I also checked with:
> 
> git grep -n rtw_handle_tkip_mic_err drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/
> 
> There were/are no uses and the driver builds and works fine here.
> I don't see what I may have missed here. :(
> 
> Regards,
> Michael

The use of rtw_handle_tkip_mic_err() was added back in commit

69a1d98c831ec64cbfd381f5dcb6697e1445d239
Revert "staging:r8188eu: Use lib80211 to support TKIP"

which was applied with 'Merge 4.18-rc7 into staging-next'.

That was not applied when I sent the patch yesterday,
sorry for the trouble.

Michael