linux-kernel - [PATCH 15/31] staging: wfx: fix misleading 'rate

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Date:   Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:04:48 +0200
From:   Jerome Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@...abs.com>
To:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jérôme Pouiller 
        <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
Subject: [PATCH 15/31] staging: wfx: fix misleading 'rate_id' usage

From: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>

The driver sometime use the term 'rate_id' to identify a retry policy
(which is in fact a series of rate IDs). This is misleading.

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
---
 drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c | 15 +++++++--------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c
index 77fb104efdec..caeaf836147f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c
@@ -285,15 +285,14 @@ static void wfx_tx_fixup_rates(struct ieee80211_tx_rate *rates)
 		rates[i].flags &= ~IEEE80211_TX_RC_SHORT_GI;
 }
 
-static u8 wfx_tx_get_rate_id(struct wfx_vif *wvif,
-			     struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info)
+static u8 wfx_tx_get_retry_policy_id(struct wfx_vif *wvif,
+				     struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info)
 {
 	bool tx_policy_renew = false;
-	u8 rate_id;
+	u8 ret;
 
-	rate_id = wfx_tx_policy_get(wvif,
-				    tx_info->driver_rates, &tx_policy_renew);
-	if (rate_id == HIF_TX_RETRY_POLICY_INVALID)
+	ret = wfx_tx_policy_get(wvif, tx_info->driver_rates, &tx_policy_renew);
+	if (ret == HIF_TX_RETRY_POLICY_INVALID)
 		dev_warn(wvif->wdev->dev, "unable to get a valid Tx policy");
 
 	if (tx_policy_renew) {
@@ -301,7 +300,7 @@ static u8 wfx_tx_get_rate_id(struct wfx_vif *wvif,
 		if (!schedule_work(&wvif->tx_policy_upload_work))
 			wfx_tx_unlock(wvif->wdev);
 	}
-	return rate_id;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int wfx_tx_get_frame_format(struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info)
@@ -382,7 +381,7 @@ static int wfx_tx_inner(struct wfx_vif *wvif, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
 	req->peer_sta_id = wfx_tx_get_link_id(wvif, sta, hdr);
 	// Queue index are inverted between firmware and Linux
 	req->queue_id = 3 - queue_id;
-	req->retry_policy_index = wfx_tx_get_rate_id(wvif, tx_info);
+	req->retry_policy_index = wfx_tx_get_retry_policy_id(wvif, tx_info);
 	req->frame_format = wfx_tx_get_frame_format(tx_info);
 	if (tx_info->driver_rates[0].flags & IEEE80211_TX_RC_SHORT_GI)
 		req->short_gi = 1;
-- 
2.33.0