linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: remove unused members of struct xmit

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Date:   Sun, 12 Jul 2020 12:55:58 -0500
From:   Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:     Ivan Safonov <insafonov@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        Soumyajit Deb <debsoumyajit100@...il.com>,
        Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@...il.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: remove unused members of struct
 xmit_buf

On 7/12/20 7:38 AM, Ivan Safonov wrote:
> Remove unused members of struct xmit_buf: alloc_sz, ff_hwaddr,
> dma_transfer_addr, bpending and last.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Safonov <insafonov@...il.com>
> ---

Have you tested this change? Previously with this driver, an unused quantity was 
removed from one of the structs and the driver failed. Apparently, the alignment 
of some other quantity was affected. I do not think that this change would have 
that affect; however, you should be testing whenever the changes are more than 
cosmetic.

Larry