[PATCH 2/2] staging: rtl8192ee: Pass large struct by const reference

From: Rasmus Villemoes
Date: Tue Jul 01 2014 - 06:26:31 EST


struct rtl_stats is rather huge (152 bytes), and since
rtl92ee_rx_command_packet() does not modify it, it might as
well be passed by const reference.

Reported by Coverity: CID 1222131

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/pci.c | 2 +-
drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/rtl8192ee/trx.c | 4 ++--
drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/rtl8192ee/trx.h | 2 +-
drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/wifi.h | 2 +-
4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/pci.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/pci.c
index 3fe9b7b..f3abbcc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/pci.c
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ static void _rtl_pci_rx_interrupt(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
}

/* handle command packet here */
- if (rtlpriv->cfg->ops->rx_command_packet(hw, stats, skb)) {
+ if (rtlpriv->cfg->ops->rx_command_packet(hw, &stats, skb)) {
dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
goto end;
}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/rtl8192ee/trx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/rtl8192ee/trx.c
index c930f52..1190c8b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/rtl8192ee/trx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/rtl8192ee/trx.c
@@ -1263,13 +1263,13 @@ bool rtl92ee_is_tx_desc_closed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u8 hw_queue, u16 index)
}

u32 rtl92ee_rx_command_packet(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
- struct rtl_stats status,
+ const struct rtl_stats *status,
struct sk_buff *skb)
{
u32 result = 0;
struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw);

- switch (status.packet_report_type) {
+ switch (status->packet_report_type) {
case NORMAL_RX:
result = 0;
break;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/rtl8192ee/trx.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/rtl8192ee/trx.h
index c2cd581..e04ee7e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/rtl8192ee/trx.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/rtl8192ee/trx.h
@@ -872,6 +872,6 @@ void rtl92ee_tx_fill_cmddesc(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u8 *pdesc,
bool b_firstseg, bool b_lastseg,
struct sk_buff *skb);
u32 rtl92ee_rx_command_packet(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
- struct rtl_stats status,
+ const struct rtl_stats *status,
struct sk_buff *skb);
#endif
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/wifi.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/wifi.h
index 96fa261..a37176a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/wifi.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/wifi.h
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@ struct rtl_hal_ops {
u32 cmd_len, u8 *p_cmdbuffer);
bool (*get_btc_status)(void);
u32 (*rx_command_packet)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
- struct rtl_stats status, struct sk_buff *skb);
+ const struct rtl_stats *status, struct sk_buff *skb);
void (*add_wowlan_pattern)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct rtl_wow_pattern *rtl_pattern,
u8 index);
--
1.9.2

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