Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: add in a missing break in switch statement

[Joe Perches]

On Sat, 2018-10-06 at 15:05 -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 10/6/18 2:30 PM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> > Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > 
> > > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > The switch case RATR_INX_WIRELESS_MC has a missing break, this seems
> > > to be unintentional as the setting of variable ret gets overwritten
> > > when the case falls through to the following RATR_INX_WIRELESS_AC_5N
> > > case.  Fix this by adding in the missing break.
> > > 
> > > Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1167237 ("Missing break in switch")
> > > 
> > > Fixes: 3c05bedb5fef ("Staging: rtl8812ae: Add Realtek 8821 PCI WIFI driver")
> > > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/hw.c | 1 +
> > 
> > Is the fixes line correct? This patch is not for staging.
> 
> No, the correct fixes commit is 21e4b0726dc67 (" rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: Move driver  
> from staging to regular tree").
> 
> This driver was initially placed in staging as it was needed for a special 
> project, which is the commit that Colin used. As the patch subject states, the 
> driver was later moved to the regular wireless tree.
> 
> That break is required, thus ACKed-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Why not remove this entirely and use the generic routine in
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c?

Is there a real difference?