Re: [PATCH] Staging: vt6656: Checkpatch fix: else after break or return

[Emrys Bayliss]

This is a bungle please disregard it.

I will send it again with a 'ret' variable if that's okay (one that
has been properly proofed and compiles).

My apologies. Sorry for completely wasting your time by not
checking properly.

On 01/12/2015 08:30 AM, Malcolm Priestley wrote:
>
>
> On 11/01/15 16:42, Joe Perches wrote:
>> On Mon, 2015-01-12 at 03:19 +1100, Emrys Bayliss wrote:
>>> This patch fixes the following checkpatch.pl error:
>>> rxtx.c:588: WARNING: else is not generally useful after a break or return
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Emrys Bayliss <emrys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c | 6 +-----
>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c
>>> index ea5140a..cc34704 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c
>>> @@ -553,8 +553,6 @@ static u16 vnt_fill_cts_head(struct vnt_usb_send_context *tx_context,
>>>               cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_FTYPE_CTL | IEEE80211_STYPE_CTS);
>>>
>>>           memcpy(buf->data.ra, priv->current_net_addr, ETH_ALEN);
>>> -
>>> -        return vnt_rxtx_datahead_g_fb(tx_context, &buf->data_head);
>>>       } else {
>>>           struct vnt_cts *buf = &head->cts_g;
>>>           /* Get SignalField,ServiceField,Length */
>>> @@ -571,11 +569,9 @@ static u16 vnt_fill_cts_head(struct vnt_usb_send_context *tx_context,
>>>               cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_FTYPE_CTL | IEEE80211_STYPE_CTS);
>>>
>>>           memcpy(buf->data.ra, priv->current_net_addr, ETH_ALEN);
>>> -
>>> -        return vnt_rxtx_datahead_g(tx_context, &buf->data_head);
>>>       }
>>>
>>> -    return 0;
>>> +    return vnt_rxtx_datahead_g_fb(tx_context, &buf->data_head);
>>>   }
>>>
>>>   static u16 vnt_rxtx_rts(struct vnt_usb_send_context *tx_context,
>>
>> This is not the same code.
>> Does this even compile?
>>
>> For the second block, you've changed
>> return <foo>_g(...) to <foo>_g_fb(...).
>>
> Yes, this is wrong and will cause CTS to fail.
>
>

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