linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] staging: r8188eu: Remove self assignment in get_rx_power_val_by

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Message-ID: <CAKwvOdkehOWitL+o4s2jWiPk0eTmcjrntiw2rLbpiGynTqSfRw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 4 Aug 2021 11:37:55 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] staging: r8188eu: Remove self assignment in get_rx_power_val_by_reg()

On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 3:36 PM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Clang warns:
>
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_rf6052.c:344:13: warning:
> explicitly assigning value of variable of type 'u32' (aka 'unsigned
> int') to itself [-Wself-assign]
>                         writeVal = writeVal;
>                         ~~~~~~~~ ^ ~~~~~~~~
> 1 warning generated.
>
> Remove this branch as it is useless.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_rf6052.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_rf6052.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_rf6052.c
> index 335b120ce603..77889dc05858 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_rf6052.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_rf6052.c
> @@ -340,8 +340,6 @@ static void get_rx_power_val_by_reg(struct adapter *Adapter, u8 Channel,
>                 /*  This mechanism is only applied when Driver-Highpower-Mechanism is OFF. */
>                 if (pdmpriv->DynamicTxHighPowerLvl == TxHighPwrLevel_BT1)
>                         writeVal = writeVal - 0x06060606;
> -               else if (pdmpriv->DynamicTxHighPowerLvl == TxHighPwrLevel_BT2)
> -                       writeVal = writeVal;

Hopefully the author didn't mean to subtract another magic constant
like they did above. This also eliminates the last use of
TxHighPwrLevel_BT2, but it's probably ok to keep the define in
drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/odm.h.

Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>

>                 *(pOutWriteVal+rf) = writeVal;
>         }
>  }
> --
> 2.33.0.rc0


-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers