[PATCH 2/2] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unusual 'NDIS_802_11_RATES_EX' type
From: Malathi
Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 04:35:02 EST
Remove the 'NDIS_802_11_RATES_EX' type and replace the variables of this
type with an array of 'u8', which makes the code more understandable and
gets rid of an unnecessary 'typedef'.
'u8' and the 'unsigned char' the typedef expanded to are the same type and
the array length is unchanged, so there is no functional change. Also
update the comment in wlan_bssdef.h that referred to the removed type.
Signed-off-by: Malathi <malathi.a2000@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_mlme_ext.h | 2 +-
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wlan_bssdef.h | 6 ++----
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_mlme_ext.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_mlme_ext.h
index cb23c6939bfc..61ce0f8708a6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_mlme_ext.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_mlme_ext.h
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ struct FW_Sta_Info {
u32 status;
u32 rx_pkt;
u32 retry;
- NDIS_802_11_RATES_EX SupportedRates;
+ u8 SupportedRates[NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES_EX];
};
/*
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wlan_bssdef.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wlan_bssdef.h
index 4b14eb0caa03..791eee4e75b3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wlan_bssdef.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wlan_bssdef.h
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
#define NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_SSID 32
#define NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES_EX 16
-typedef unsigned char NDIS_802_11_RATES_EX[NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES_EX]; /* Set of 16 data rates */
-
struct ndis_802_11_ssid {
u32 ssid_length;
u8 ssid[32];
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@ struct ndis_80211_var_ie {
* ETH_ALEN + 2 +
* sizeof (struct ndis_802_11_ssid) + sizeof (u32) +
* sizeof (long) + sizeof (enum ndis_802_11_network_type) +
- * sizeof (struct ndis_802_11_conf) + sizeof (NDIS_802_11_RATES_EX) + ie_length
+ * sizeof (struct ndis_802_11_conf) + NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES_EX + ie_length
*
* Except for ie_length, all other fields are fixed length. Therefore, we can
* define a macro to present the partial sum.
@@ -160,7 +158,7 @@ struct wlan_bssid_ex {
enum ndis_802_11_network_type network_type_in_use;
struct ndis_802_11_conf configuration;
enum ndis_802_11_network_infrastructure infrastructure_mode;
- NDIS_802_11_RATES_EX supported_rates;
+ u8 supported_rates[NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES_EX];
struct wlan_phy_info phy_info;
u32 ie_length;
u8 ies[MAX_IE_SZ]; /* timestamp, beacon interval, and capability information) */
--
2.43.0