Re: [PATCH] Fixes: 3d44a78f0d8b ("staging: rtl8712: Remove unnecessary 'else'")

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Sep 28 2016 - 02:10:20 EST


On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 11:07:54PM -0400, Matthew Kilgore wrote:
> An "unnecessary" 'else' was removed due to complains from checkpatch.pl
> as it is preceded by a 'return', however the 'else' branch is necessary
> as an earlier branch of the 'if' falls through. By removing the 'else',
> that route now hits the 'break' and the 'while' loop exits prematurely.
>
> This commit reverts that change and puts the original 'else' back in
> place.

Ugh, good catch, sorry for missing this, my fault.

greg k-h