linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 20/20] staging: r8188eu: we use a constant number of hw

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Message-ID: <Y8bp5BJIJBOwau0I@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2023 19:33:08 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
Cc:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/20] staging: r8188eu: we use a constant number of
 hw_xmit entries

On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 07:06:46PM +0100, Martin Kaiser wrote:
> struct xmit_priv contains a pointer to an array of struct hw_xmit entries.
> xmit_priv's (ill-named) hwxmit_entry component stores the size of this
> array, i.e. the number of hw_xmit entries that are used.
> 
> The array size is constant, it's initialised to HWXMIT_ENTRY and never
> updated. Simplify the code accordingly. Remove hwxmit_entry, do not pass
> the array size as a function parameter and use HWXMIT_ENTRY in the code
> that handles the array.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c      | 8 +++-----
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c | 2 +-
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_xmit.h   | 3 +--
>  3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

This commit did not apply to my tree :(

thanks,

greg k-h