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SubjectRe: [PATCH] rtl8712:Fix checkpatch warning
On 06/29/2015 11:29 PM, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 01:27:47AM +0530, Ravi Teja Darbha wrote:
>>
>> 1. Fix line over 80 characters warning.
>> 2. The checkpatch warning at line 499 seems to be false positive.
>> WARNING: else is not generally useful after a break or return
>> #499: FILE: rtl8712_recv.c:499:
>> + return false;
>> + else
>>
>> while(condition1) {
>> if(condition2)
>> foo();
>> else if(condition3)
>> return false;
>> else
>> break;
>> }
>>
>> The else condition here cannot be eliminated
> You can try something like this to eliminate the else:
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c
> index fcb8c61..165161b 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c
> @@ -492,12 +492,13 @@ static int enqueue_reorder_recvframe(struct recv_reorder_ctrl *preorder_ctrl,
> while (end_of_queue_search(phead, plist) == false) {
> pnextrframe = LIST_CONTAINOR(plist, union recv_frame, u);
> pnextattrib = &pnextrframe->u.hdr.attrib;
> - if (SN_LESS(pnextattrib->seq_num, pattrib->seq_num))
> + if (SN_LESS(pnextattrib->seq_num, pattrib->seq_num)) {
> plist = plist->next;
> + continue;
> + }
> else if (SN_EQUAL(pnextattrib->seq_num, pattrib->seq_num))
> return false;
> - else
> - break;
> + break;
> }
> list_del_init(&(prframe->u.hdr.list));
> list_add_tail(&(prframe->u.hdr.list), plist);

NACK on this idea. Checkpatch is not the complete arbiter of style. Just leave
the code alone.

Larry




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