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Message-ID: <20140409190204.GD26890@mwanda>
Date:	Wed, 9 Apr 2014 22:02:04 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
Cc:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] staging: r8188eu: Fix case where ethtype was never
 obtained and always be checked against 0

On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 08:24:08PM +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> >diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
> >index 01fcabc..61084d6 100644
> >--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
> >+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
> >@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ static struct recv_frame *portctrl(struct adapter *adapter,
> >  	struct sta_info *psta;
> >  	struct sta_priv *pstapriv;
> >  	struct recv_frame *prtnframe;
> >-	u16	ether_type = 0;
> >+	u16	ether_type;
> 
>    I suggest:
> 
> 	u16 ethertype;
> 

I don't understand this suggestion.  Why is that name prefered?

regards,
dan carpenter

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