linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/5] staging: wfx: fix warnings of no space is necessary

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Date:   Sun, 20 Oct 2019 22:17:59 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@...il.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/5] staging: wfx: fix warnings of no space is
 necessary

On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 01:02:31PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> diff -u -p a/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> --- a/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> +++ b/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> @@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ unsigned int OnAuthClient(struct adapter
>  				goto authclnt_fail;
>  			}
>  
> -			memcpy((void *)(pmlmeinfo->chg_txt), (void *)(p + 2), len);
> +			memcpy((void *)(pmlmeinfo->chg_txt), (p + 2), len);

I wonder why it didn't remove the first void cast?

[ The rest of the email is bonus comments for outreachy developers ].

And someone needs to check the final patch probably to remove the extra
parentheses around "(p + 2)".  Those were necessary when for the cast
but not required after the cast is gone.

>  			pmlmeinfo->auth_seq = 3;
>  			issue_auth(padapter, NULL, 0);
>  			set_link_timer(pmlmeext, REAUTH_TO);

It's sort of tricky to know what "one thing per patch means".

-       memset((void *)(&(pHTInfo->SelfHTCap)), 0,
+       memset((&(pHTInfo->SelfHTCap)), 0,
                sizeof(pHTInfo->SelfHTCap));

Here the parentheses were never related to the cast so we should leave
them as is.  In other words, in the first example, if we didn't remove
the cast that would be "half a thing per patch" and in the second
example that would be "two things in one patch".

regards,
dan carpenter