linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] staging: r8188eu: remove unnecessary braces in single statement block

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Date:   Thu, 14 Apr 2022 22:51:51 -0400
From:   Jaehee Park <jhpark1013@...il.com>
To:     Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, phil@...lpotter.co.uk,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, outreachy@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] staging: r8188eu: remove unnecessary braces in
 single statement block

On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 10:50:52PM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> Hi Jaehee,
> 
> On 4/14/22 22:41, Jaehee Park wrote:
> > > > @@ -112,9 +112,8 @@ void _rtw_free_mlme_priv(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)
> > > >   	rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data(pmlmepriv);
> > > > -	if (pmlmepriv) {
> > > > +	if (pmlmepriv)
> > > >   		vfree(pmlmepriv->free_bss_buf);
> > > > -	}
> > > 
> > > If pmlmepriv is equal to NULL we would die in rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data(),
> > > so this check is just redundant
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi Pavel, thank you for your comment! If I'm removing this if statement,
> > should I include vfree(pmlmepriv->free_bss_buf) in
> > rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data?
> > 
> 
> Hm
> 
> Simple grep shows, that this member is just unused
> 
> 1 drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c|64 col 13| pmlmepriv->free_bss_buf
> = pbuf;
> 2 drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c|116 col 20|
> vfree(pmlmepriv->free_bss_buf);
> 3 drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_mlme.h|322 col 6| u8 *free_bss_buf;
> 
> so looks like you can just remove free_bss_buf and all related lines.
> 
> I hope I haven't overlooked something
> 

Hi Pavel, Thank you for your review! I have sent a second version of the
patchset.
Thanks,
Jaehee
> 
> 
> With regards,
> Pavel Skripkin