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

[Larry Finger]

On 10/6/18 3:17 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> 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?

I did not see any difference other than the removal of a bunch of magic numbers 
and better formatting.

Larry