Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: core: Remove rtw_mfree_all_stainfo()

[Fabio M. De Francesco]

On Wednesday, August 4, 2021 3:01:36 PM CEST Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 02:55:17AM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > Remove rtw_mfree_all_stainfo() and the only line of code that calls
> > it. This function simply takes a spinlock and iterates over a list
> > with no purpose. That iteration has no side effects.
> 
> I mean, it's pretty clearly supposed to free all the items on the list.
> 
Sorry, I'm not sure to understand what you required:
since rtw_mfree_all_stainfo() is supposed to free all the nodes on the list, 
should a better patch *really* delete those items (instead than simply get rid 
of the function itself)? 

Thanks,

Fabio
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter