Re: [PATCH v4] staging: rtl8723bs: return bool from check_pending_xmitbuf

[Dan Carpenter]

On Thu, Oct 01, 2026 at 11:06:40AM -0300, Matheus Alves de Almeida wrote:
> check_pending_xmitbuf() returns only true or false. Use bool as its
> return type to accurately describe the function's behavior and
> propagate the return type through one of the call chains.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matheus Alves de Almeida <matheus.aalmeida@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: Add missing "staging: " prefix to commit message.
> v3: Change one of the call chains to also return bool.
> v4:
>     - rtw_transmit_thread(): rename err -> xmit_status and remove
>       unnescessary initialization.
>     - check_pending_xmitbuf(): rename ret -> xmitbuf_pending and remove
>       unnescessary if statement.
>     - rtl8723bs_xmit_buf_handler(): remove queue_pending and directly
>       check the value returned by check_pending_xmitbuf() instead.
> 
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c        | 16 +++++++---------
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_intf.c         |  2 +-
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723bs_xmit.c   |  8 +++-----
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/hal_intf.h     |  2 +-
>  .../staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtl8723b_xmit.h    |  2 +-
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_xmit.h     |  2 +-
>  6 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c
> index 57b3690bc48af..513a4934ab599 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c
> @@ -2463,37 +2463,35 @@ struct xmit_buf *dequeue_pending_xmitbuf_under_survey(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpri
>  	return pxmitbuf;
>  }
>  
> -signed int check_pending_xmitbuf(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv)
> +bool check_pending_xmitbuf(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv)

Ideally boolean functions would have a name that indicates what
the return means.  For example, if (has_pending()) is clear.
if (check_pending()) is less clear.

regards,
dan carpenter