linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: wireless: rtlwifi: fix bool comparison in expressions

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Date:   Fri, 8 Jan 2021 13:41:20 -0600
From:   Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:     Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@...il.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     pkshih@...ltek.com, kvalo@...eaurora.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        lukas.bulwahn@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: wireless: rtlwifi: fix bool comparison in
 expressions

On 1/8/21 9:32 AM, Aditya Srivastava wrote:
> There are certain conditional expressions in rtlwifi, where a boolean
> variable is compared with true/false, in forms such as (foo == true) or
> (false != bar), which does not comply with checkpatch.pl (CHECK:
> BOOL_COMPARISON), according to which boolean variables should be
> themselves used in the condition, rather than comparing with true/false
> 
> E.g., in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/ps.c,
> "if (find_p2p_ie == true)" can be replaced with "if (find_p2p_ie)"
> 
> Replace all such expressions with the bool variables appropriately
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava<yashsri421@...il.com>
> ---
> - The changes made are compile tested
> - Applies perfecly on next-20210108
> 
>   drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/ps.c                 | 4 ++--
>   drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/dm.c       | 8 ++++----
>   drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/hw.c       | 4 ++--
>   drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/dm_common.c | 4 ++--
>   drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/hw.c       | 4 ++--
>   drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/phy.c      | 8 ++++----
>   6 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

As has been stated several times, this form of the subject is incorrect. It 
should be: "rtlwifi: <driver_name>: <subject>

I would prefer that there be separate patches for each driver, not that the 
changes be lumped into a single patch as was done here. Such organization makes 
it a lot easier to find the patches for a given driver in case something goes 
wrong.Note: The driver for ps is rtl_pci, and that for rtl8192c is 
rtl8192c-common. The other driver names match their directory.

Larry