linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] staging: rtl8723bs: core/rtw_mlme_ext.c: refactor security IE parsing in OnAssocReq

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Message-ID: <2026012714-discount-wavy-ba95@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:39:44 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: William Hansen-Baird <william.hansen.baird@...il.com>
Cc: linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] staging: rtl8723bs: core/rtw_mlme_ext.c: refactor
 security IE parsing in OnAssocReq

On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 11:08:47AM -0500, William Hansen-Baird wrote:
> +	parse_status = rtw_parse_assoc_security_ies(padapter, &elems, pstat);
> +	if (parse_status != WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS)
> +		status = parse_status;
>  
>  	if (status != WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS)
>  		goto OnAssocReqFail;

This logic makes no sense.  Did you do this by hand or have a tool do it
for you?

thanks,

greg k-h