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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Staging: rtl8723au: os_intfs: fixed case statement is variable issue
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sunbing <sunbing@redflag-linux.com> writes:
> On Aug 11, 2016, at 23:25, Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> Bing Sun <sunbing@redflag-linux.com> writes:
>>> Fixed sparse parse error:
>>> Expected constant expression in case statement.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Bing Sun <sunbing@redflag-linux.com>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/os_intfs.c | 11 +++++------
>>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/os_intfs.c
>>> index b8848c2..f30d5d2 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/os_intfs.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/os_intfs.c
>>> @@ -283,14 +283,13 @@ static u32 rtw_classify8021d(struct sk_buff *skb)
>>> */
>>> if (skb->priority >= 256 && skb->priority <= 263)
>>> return skb->priority - 256;
>>> - switch (skb->protocol) {
>>> - case htons(ETH_P_IP):
>>> +
>>> + if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
>>> dscp = ip_hdr(skb)->tos & 0xfc;
>>> - break;
>>> - default:
>>> - return 0;
>>> + return dscp >> 5;
>>> }
>>> - return dscp >> 5;
>>> +
>>> + return 0;
>>> }
>>
>> Pardon me here, but I find it really hard to see how this change is an
>> improvement over the old code in any shape or form.
>>
>> Jes
>
> There is no functional improvement.
> But before this patch, when we do: make C=1 M=drivers/staging/rtl8723au/
> An error output:
> drivers/staging/rtl8723au//os_dep/os_intfs.c:287:14: error: Expected
> constant expression in case statement
> To avoid sparse parse error, a case statement converts to an if statement.
> So we got this patch.

Hello

I understand this part, but it seems to me we are changing the code due
to a broken test case in sparse. Does the warning go away if you use
__constant_htons() instead of htons()?

Jes

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