linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] staging: r8188eu: this endless loop is executed only once

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Message-Id: <20210908085747.32254-4-martin@kaiser.cx>
Date:   Wed,  8 Sep 2021 10:57:47 +0200
From:   Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] staging: r8188eu: this endless loop is executed only once

There's a funny "loop" in rtl8188eu_xmitframe_complete. It looks like

do {
  ... some commands...
  break;
} while (1);

Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
---
 drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c | 34 +++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c
index 17be67ac5fae..3b870d0c72fd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c
@@ -437,30 +437,26 @@ s32 rtl8188eu_xmitframe_complete(struct adapter *adapt, struct xmit_priv *pxmitp
 	}
 
 	/* 3 1. pick up first frame */
-	do {
-		rtw_free_xmitframe(pxmitpriv, pxmitframe);
-
-		pxmitframe = rtw_dequeue_xframe(pxmitpriv, pxmitpriv->hwxmits, pxmitpriv->hwxmit_entry);
-		if (!pxmitframe) {
-			/*  no more xmit frame, release xmit buffer */
-			rtw_free_xmitbuf(pxmitpriv, pxmitbuf);
-			return false;
-		}
+	rtw_free_xmitframe(pxmitpriv, pxmitframe);
 
-		pxmitframe->pxmitbuf = pxmitbuf;
-		pxmitframe->buf_addr = pxmitbuf->pbuf;
-		pxmitbuf->priv_data = pxmitframe;
+	pxmitframe = rtw_dequeue_xframe(pxmitpriv, pxmitpriv->hwxmits, pxmitpriv->hwxmit_entry);
+	if (!pxmitframe) {
+		/*  no more xmit frame, release xmit buffer */
+		rtw_free_xmitbuf(pxmitpriv, pxmitbuf);
+		return false;
+	}
 
-		pxmitframe->agg_num = 1; /*  alloc xmitframe should assign to 1. */
-		pxmitframe->pkt_offset = 1; /*  first frame of aggregation, reserve offset */
+	pxmitframe->pxmitbuf = pxmitbuf;
+	pxmitframe->buf_addr = pxmitbuf->pbuf;
+	pxmitbuf->priv_data = pxmitframe;
 
-		rtw_xmitframe_coalesce(adapt, pxmitframe->pkt, pxmitframe);
+	pxmitframe->agg_num = 1; /*  alloc xmitframe should assign to 1. */
+	pxmitframe->pkt_offset = 1; /*  first frame of aggregation, reserve offset */
 
-		/*  always return ndis_packet after rtw_xmitframe_coalesce */
-		rtw_os_xmit_complete(adapt, pxmitframe);
+	rtw_xmitframe_coalesce(adapt, pxmitframe->pkt, pxmitframe);
 
-		break;
-	} while (1);
+	/*  always return ndis_packet after rtw_xmitframe_coalesce */
+	rtw_os_xmit_complete(adapt, pxmitframe);
 
 	/* 3 2. aggregate same priority and same DA(AP or STA) frames */
 	pfirstframe = pxmitframe;
-- 
2.20.1