linux-kernel - Re: staging: rtl8723bs: prefer ftrace

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Date:   Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:23:07 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@...il.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: staging: rtl8723bs: prefer ftrace

On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 10:14:15AM +0100, Fabio Aiuto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> some suggestions before diving in a new task.
> The following checkpatch issue:
> 
> --
> WARNING: Unnecessary ftrace-like logging - prefer using ftrace
> #559: FILE: drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ap.c:559:
> +	DBG_871X("%s\n", __func__);
> 
> simply says to remove the line, due to the existence of the more
> appealing ftrace facility, right?
> 
> @@ -556,8 +554,6 @@ void update_sta_info_apmode(struct adapter *padapter, struct sta_info *psta)
>  	/* set intf_tag to if1 */
>  	/* psta->intf_tag = 0; */
>  
> -	DBG_871X("%s\n", __func__);
> -
>  	/* psta->mac_id = psta->aid+4; */
>  	/* psta->mac_id = psta->aid+1;//alloc macid when call rtw_alloc_stainfo(), */
>  	/* release macid when call rtw_free_stainfo() */
> 

Yes, stuff like this can be deleted.

thanks,

greg k-h