linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: remove unused variable from rtl871x

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Message-ID: <YG6hb9YoPyrtEQdc@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 8 Apr 2021 08:23:43 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Sergei Krainov <sergei.krainov.lkd@...il.com>
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: remove unused variable from
 rtl871x_mlme.c

On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 09:32:14PM +0200, Sergei Krainov wrote:
> Remove unused variable from rtl871x_mlme.c
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sergei Krainov <sergei.krainov.lkd@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.c | 9 +--------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.c
> index 8a97307fbbd6..4f41e321ea63 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.c
> @@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ void r8712_joinbss_event_callback(struct _adapter *adapter, u8 *pbuf)
>  	struct sta_priv	*pstapriv = &adapter->stapriv;
>  	struct mlme_priv	*pmlmepriv = &adapter->mlmepriv;
>  	struct wlan_network	*cur_network = &pmlmepriv->cur_network;
> -	struct wlan_network	*pcur_wlan = NULL, *ptarget_wlan = NULL;
> +	struct wlan_network	*ptarget_wlan = NULL;
>  	unsigned int		the_same_macaddr = false;
>  	struct wlan_network *pnetwork;
>  
> @@ -721,13 +721,6 @@ void r8712_joinbss_event_callback(struct _adapter *adapter, u8 *pbuf)
>  					    scanned_queue,
>  					    cur_network->network.MacAddress);
>  				} else {
> -					pcur_wlan =
> -					     r8712_find_network(&pmlmepriv->
> -					     scanned_queue,
> -					     cur_network->network.MacAddress);
> -					if (pcur_wlan)
> -						pcur_wlan->fixed = false;
> -

Are you sure that r8712_find_network() does not have some other
side-affect here?  Please doucment that in the changelog text.

thanks,

greg k-h