Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723au: multiple condition with no effect - if identical to else

[Jes Sorensen]

Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> A number if/else if/else branches are identical - so the condition has no
> effect on the effective code and can be significantly simplified - this 
> patch removes the condition and the duplicated code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> This looks like the output of some broken code-generator - unlikely someone
> wrote this by hand. In any case it needs a review by someone that knows the
> details of the driver. 
>
> Anyway the number of useless code repetition is potentially record breaking !
>
> Patch was compile tested for x86_64_defconfig + CONFIG_STAGING=y
> CONFIG_R8723AU=m, CONFIG_8723AU_BT_COEXIST=y
>
> Patch is against 3.0.19-rc7 (localversoin = -next-20150203)
>
>  .../staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_bt-coexist.c    |   60 +++-----------------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)

Why make it simple if you can make it complicated :)

I presume it's against 3.19-rc7 since a 3.0.19 would be rather obsolete.

Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxxx>
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