linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: combine nested if statements into one

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Message-ID: <d50c16c1-0bc2-fdc4-16ab-0c27df824ffb@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:58:31 +0200
From:   Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>
To:     Chang Yu <marcus.yu.56@...il.com>, Larry.Finger@...inger.net
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: combine nested if statements into one

On 6/23/22 05:15, Chang Yu wrote:
> -	if (padapter) {
> -		if (pfree_recv_queue == &precvpriv->free_recv_queue)
> -				precvpriv->free_recvframe_cnt++;
> -	}
> +	if (padapter && pfree_recv_queue == &precvpriv->free_recv_queue)
> +		precvpriv->free_recvframe_cnt++;

Hi

tested with:
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
     char padapter = 1;
     int pfree_recv_queue = 256;
     int free_recv_queue = 256;

     if (padapter) {
     	if (pfree_recv_queue == free_recv_queue)
             printf("Executed before patch: 
precvpriv->free_recvframe_cnt++;\n");
     }

     if (padapter && pfree_recv_queue == free_recv_queue)
		printf("Executed after patch: precvpriv->free_recvframe_cnt++;\n");

    return 0;
}

Seems to work. But the rules which operation is done first && or == are 
not too easy. I would prefer to have:

if (padapter && (pfree_recv_queue == free_recv_queue))

So it is very easy to read what is evaluated first.

But this is just my opinion and does not have to be right.

Thanks for your patch.

Bye Philipp