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SubjectRe: Re: [PATCH] Staging: rtl8188eu: rtw_mlme: Fix uninitialized variable authmode
> I review things in the order that they appear in my inbox so I hadn't
> seen Greg and Larry's comments. You've now stumbled into an area of
> politics where you have conflicting reviews... :P Fortunately, we're
> all of us reasonable people.
>
> I think your patch is correct in that it is what the original coder
> intended. You just need to sell the patch correctly in the commit
> message. The real danger of the original code would be if "authmode" is
> accidentally 0x30 or 0xdd just because it was uninitialized. Setting it
> to zero ensures that it is not and it also matches how this is handled
> in the rtl8723bs driver. This matches the original author's intention.
>
> So:
>
> 1) Re-write the commit message.
>
> The variable authmode can be uninitialized. The danger would be
> if it equals _WPA_IE_ID_ (0xdd) or _WPA2_IE_ID_ (0x33). We can
> avoid this by setting it to zero instead. This is the approach that
> was used in the rtl8723bs driver.
>
> 2) Add a fixes tag.
> Fixes: 7b464c9fa5cc ("staging: r8188eu: Add files for new driver - part 4")
>
> 3) Change the commit to Larry's style with the "else if" and "else".
> Sometimes people just disagree about style so it's easiest to go with
> whatever the maintainer (Larry) wants. It's not worth debating one
> way or the other so just redo it.
>
> Then resend. Google for "how to send a v2 patch" to get the right
> format.
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>

Your advice is very helpful to me, thanks! I will prepare v2 patch and
resend it soon.

Regards,
Dinghao

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