linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] staging: r8188eu: simplify c2h_evt

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Date:   Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:07:25 +0300
From:   Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>
To:     Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     straube.linux@...il.com, fmdefrancesco@...il.com,
        Larry.Finger@...inger.net, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] staging: r8188eu: simplify c2h_evt_hdl function

On 8/30/21 2:45 AM, Phillip Potter wrote:
> Simplify c2h_evt_hdl function by removing majority of its code. The
> function always returned _FAIL anyway, due to the wrapper function it
> calls always returning _FAIL, and its one caller doesn't use the return
> value, so this function should just have a return type of void.
> 
> Leave the call to c2h_evt_read in place, as without it, event handling
> semantics of the driver would be changed, despite nothing actually being
> done with the event.
> 
> Acked-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
> ---
> 
> V2: Changed return type to void, based on comment by Pavel Skripkin.
> 
> ---
>   drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c | 23 +++--------------------
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
> index ce73ac7cf973..14b74f92cd0f 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
> @@ -1852,29 +1852,12 @@ u8 rtw_c2h_wk_cmd(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *c2h_evt)
>   	return res;
>   }
>   
> -static s32 c2h_evt_hdl(struct adapter *adapter, struct c2h_evt_hdr *c2h_evt, c2h_id_filter filter)
> +static void c2h_evt_hdl(struct adapter *adapter, struct c2h_evt_hdr *c2h_evt, c2h_id_filter filter)

filter is now unused and can be removed (anyway c2h_evt_hdl is called 
with filter == NULL)

Otherwise looks good

>   {
> -	s32 ret = _FAIL;
>   	u8 buf[16];
>   
> -	if (!c2h_evt) {
> -		/* No c2h event in cmd_obj, read c2h event before handling*/
> -		if (c2h_evt_read(adapter, buf) == _SUCCESS) {
> -			c2h_evt = (struct c2h_evt_hdr *)buf;
> -
> -			if (filter && !filter(c2h_evt->id))
> -				goto exit;
> -
> -			ret = rtw_hal_c2h_handler(adapter, c2h_evt);
> -		}
> -	} else {
> -		if (filter && !filter(c2h_evt->id))
> -			goto exit;
> -
> -		ret = rtw_hal_c2h_handler(adapter, c2h_evt);
> -	}
> -exit:
> -	return ret;
> +	if (!c2h_evt)
> +		c2h_evt_read(adapter, buf);
>   }
>   
>   static void c2h_wk_callback(struct work_struct *work)
> 


With regards,
Pavel Skripkin