linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8188eu: change array type to u8

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Date:   Tue, 11 Sep 2018 04:23:22 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8188eu: change array type to u8

On Mon, 2018-09-10 at 22:38 +0200, Michael Straube wrote:
> The the last two parameters of write_cam() have type u8.
> Change the type of the passed arrays from unsigned char to u8.
> Clears a line over 80 characters checkpatch warning.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_wlan_util.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_wlan_util.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_wlan_util.c
> index 3e0801858737..fb496ab5a862 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_wlan_util.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_wlan_util.c
> @@ -454,9 +454,9 @@ void write_cam(struct adapter *padapter, u8 entry, u16 ctrl, u8 *mac, u8 *key)
>  
>  void clear_cam_entry(struct adapter *padapter, u8 entry)
>  {
> -	unsigned char null_sta[] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
> -	unsigned char null_key[] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
> -				    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
> +	u8 null_sta[] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
> +	u8 null_key[] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
> +			 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};

static const

could also be written

	static const u8 null_sta[ETH_ALEN] = {};
	static const u8 null_key[16] = {};

>  
>  	write_cam(padapter, entry, 0, null_sta, null_key);
>  }