linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6656: Refactor the vnt_ofdm_min

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Date:   Sun, 19 Apr 2020 20:11:49 +0100
From:   Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com>
To:     Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>,
        Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@....com>
Cc:     Forest Bond <forest@...ttletooquiet.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Quentin Deslandes <quentin.deslandes@...ev.co.uk>,
        "John B . Wyatt IV" <jbwyatt4@...il.com>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6656: Refactor the vnt_ofdm_min_rate function

Hi all

On 19/04/2020 18:55, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> Hi Oscar,
> 
> On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 15:45:53 +0200
> Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@....com> wrote:
> 
>> Replace the for loop by a ternary operator whose condition is an AND
>> bitmask against the priv->basic_rates variable.
>>
>> The purpose of the for loop was to check if any of bits from RATE_54M to
>> RATE_6M was set, but it's not necessary to check every individual bit.
>> The same result can be achieved using only one single mask which
>> comprises all the commented bits.
<snip>

>>
>> -int vnt_ofdm_min_rate(struct vnt_private *priv)
>> +bool vnt_ofdm_min_rate(struct vnt_private *priv)
>>   {
>> -	int ii;
>> -
>> -	for (ii = RATE_54M; ii >= RATE_6M; ii--) {
>> -		if ((priv->basic_rates) & ((u16)BIT(ii)))
>> -			return true;
>> -	}
>> -
>> -	return false;
>> +	return priv->basic_rates & GENMASK(RATE_54M, RATE_6M) ? true : false;
> 
> priv->basic_rates & GENMASK(RATE_54M, RATE_6M) is already true if
> non-zero and false otherwise. Note that I haven't checked if the
> rest is correct.
> 
Yes only 1 or more needs to be true and it is false when none present.

I have run-time checked the patch and it does function as before.

Regards

Malcolm.