linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] staging: r8188eu: merge _mgt_dispatcher into mgt

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Date:   Wed, 13 Apr 2022 23:39:04 +0300
From:   Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>
To:     Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>,
        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
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] staging: r8188eu: merge _mgt_dispatcher into
 mgt_dispatcher

Hi Martin,

On 4/13/22 23:07, Martin Kaiser wrote:
> All that the _mgt_dispatcher function does is to call a function from
> a function pointer. It's not worth having a separate function for this.
> 
> Merge _mgt_dispatcher into mgt_dispatcher.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
> ---

[code snip]

> +
> +	if (ptable->func) {
> +	/* receive the frames that ra(a1) is my address or ra(a1) is bc address. */
> +		if (memcmp(GetAddr1Ptr(pframe), myid(&padapter->eeprompriv), ETH_ALEN) &&
> +		    !is_broadcast_ether_addr(GetAddr1Ptr(pframe)))
> +			return;
> +		ptable->func(padapter, precv_frame);
> +	}
>   }

Looks like each `mlme_sta_tbl` element has `func` member initialized. I 
think, we can remove this check.




With regards,
Pavel Skripkin