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SubjectRe: [PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Remove variable self-assignment in rf.c
El Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 02:35:59PM -0600 Larry Finger ha dit:

> On 02/07/2018 02:26 PM, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> > In _rtl92c_get_txpower_writeval_by_regulatory() the variable writeVal
> > is assigned to itself in an if ... else statement, apparently only to
> > document that the branch condition is handled and that a previously read
> > value should be returned unmodified. The self-assignment causes clang to
> > raise the following warning:
> >
> > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rf.c:304:13:
> > error: explicitly assigning value of variable of type 'u32'
> > (aka 'unsigned int') to itself [-Werror,-Wself-assign]
> > writeVal = writeVal;
> >
> > Replace the self-assignment with a semicolon, which still serves to
> > document the 'handling' of the branch condition.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@chromium.org>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rf.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rf.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rf.c
> > index 9cff6bc4049c..4db92496c122 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rf.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rf.c
> > @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static void _rtl92c_get_txpower_writeval_by_regulatory(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
> > writeVal = writeVal - 0x06060606;
> > else if (rtlpriv->dm.dynamic_txhighpower_lvl ==
> > TXHIGHPWRLEVEL_BT2)
> > - writeVal = writeVal;
> > + ;
> > *(p_outwriteval + rf) = writeVal;
> > }
> > }
> >
>
> As the branch condition does nothing, why not remove it and save the
> compiler's optimizer a bit of work? The code looks strange, but it matches
> the rest of Realtek's USB drivers.

Sure, I am happy to change it to whatever the authors/maintainers prefer.

I'll wait a bit before respinning for if others feel strongly about
keeping the branch.

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