Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: add in a missing break in switch statement | From | Colin Ian King <> | Date | Mon, 8 Oct 2018 09:55:10 +0100 |
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On 07/10/18 01:48, Larry Finger wrote: > On 10/6/18 5:03 PM, Joe Perches wrote: >> On Sat, 2018-10-06 at 17:00 -0500, Larry Finger wrote: >>> On 10/6/18 3:17 PM, Joe Perches wrote: >>>> On Sat, 2018-10-06 at 15:05 -0500, Larry Finger wrote: >>>>> On 10/6/18 2:30 PM, Kalle Valo wrote: >>>>>> Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> writes: >>>>>> >>>>>>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The switch case RATR_INX_WIRELESS_MC has a missing break, this seems >>>>>>> to be unintentional as the setting of variable ret gets overwritten >>>>>>> when the case falls through to the following RATR_INX_WIRELESS_AC_5N >>>>>>> case. Fix this by adding in the missing break. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1167237 ("Missing break in switch") >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Fixes: 3c05bedb5fef ("Staging: rtl8812ae: Add Realtek 8821 PCI >>>>>>> WIFI driver") >>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> >>>>>>> --- >>>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/hw.c | 1 + >>>>>> >>>>>> Is the fixes line correct? This patch is not for staging. >>>>> >>>>> No, the correct fixes commit is 21e4b0726dc67 (" rtlwifi: >>>>> rtl8821ae: Move driver >>>>> from staging to regular tree"). >>>>> >>>>> This driver was initially placed in staging as it was needed for a >>>>> special >>>>> project, which is the commit that Colin used. As the patch subject >>>>> states, the >>>>> driver was later moved to the regular wireless tree. >>>>> >>>>> That break is required, thus ACKed-by: Larry Finger >>>>> <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> >>>> >>>> Why not remove this entirely and use the generic routine in >>>> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c? >>>> >>>> Is there a real difference? >>> >>> I did not see any difference other than the removal of a bunch of >>> magic numbers >>> and better formatting. >> >> Me neither. > > Colin, > > Do you want to push the new patch removing the duplicate routine from > rtl8821ae?
Indeed. Sent. > > Larry
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