netdev - Re: [PATCH 05/19] staging: wfx: fix coherency of hif

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Message-ID: <20200515140128.GA2182376@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 15 May 2020 16:01:28 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jerome Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@...abs.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/19] staging: wfx: fix coherency of hif_scan() prototype

On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 03:53:59PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 10:33:11AM +0200, Jerome Pouiller wrote:
> > From: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
> > 
> > The function hif_scan() return the timeout for the completion of the
> > scan request. It is the only function from hif_tx.c that return another
> > thing than just an error code. This behavior is not coherent with the
> > rest of file. Worse, if value returned is positive, the caller can't
> > make say if it is a timeout or the value returned by the hardware.
> > 
> > Uniformize API with other HIF functions, only return the error code and
> > pass timeout with parameters.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/wfx/hif_tx.c | 6 ++++--
> >  drivers/staging/wfx/hif_tx.h | 2 +-
> >  drivers/staging/wfx/scan.c   | 6 +++---
> >  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> This patch fails to apply to my branch, so I've stopped here in the
> patch series.
> 
> Can you rebase and resend the remaining ones?

Ok, all others worked, just this one failed, so I've applied them.

greg k-h