linux-kernel - Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 4/4] staging: rtl8723bs: Change the type and use of a variable

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Message-ID: <2763630.ZYQqkGPH9U@localhost.localdomain>
Date:   Sat, 10 Apr 2021 14:01:45 +0200
From:   "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
Cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 4/4] staging: rtl8723bs: Change the type and use of a variable

On Saturday, April 10, 2021 1:37:30 PM CEST Julia Lawall wrote:
> > That variable has global scope and is assigned at least in:
> What do you mean by global scope?  None of the following look like
> references to global variables.
> 
> julia
I just mean that fw_current_in_ps_mode is a field of a struct in a .h file 
included everywhere in this driver and that the functions whom the 
following assignments belong to have not the "static" type modifier.

Thanks,

Fabio
> 
> > drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_pwrctrl.c:368:
> > pwrpriv->fw_current_in_ps_mode = false;
> > 
> > drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_pwrctrl.c:380:
> > pwrpriv->fw_current_in_ps_mode = true;
> > 
> > drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_hal_init.c:433:
> > adapter_to_pwrctl(padapter)->fw_current_in_ps_mode = false;
> > 
> > drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_pwrctrl.c:981:
> > pwrctrlpriv->fw_current_in_ps_mode = false;