netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: wireless: ath: ath10k: remove unnecessary code

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Date:   Tue, 9 May 2017 05:33:28 +0000
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@....qualcomm.com>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "ath10k@...ts.infradead.org" <ath10k@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: wireless: ath: ath10k: remove unnecessary code

"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com> writes:

> The name of an array used by itself will always return the array's address.
> So these tests will always evaluate as false and therefore the _return_
> will never be executed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>

I don't understand the commit log, especially what does "The name of an
array used by itself" mean?

-- 
Kalle Valo