RE: [PATCH rtw-next v5] wifi: rtl8xxxu: Use local 'dev' variable for dev_warn()

From: Ping-Ke Shih

Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 20:23:09 EST


rafad900 <rafad900@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> @@ -3173,7 +3175,7 @@ static int rtl8xxxu_iqk_path_b(struct rtl8xxxu_priv *priv)
> (((reg_ecc & 0x03ff0000) >> 16) != 0x36))
> result |= 0x02;
> else
> - dev_warn(&priv->udev->dev, "%s: Path B RX IQK failed!\n",
> + dev_warn(dev, "%s: Path B RX IQK failed!\n",
> __func__);

Straighten ?

Please check this kind of pattern across whole patch before sending out.

> out:
> return result;


> @@ -5862,6 +5864,7 @@ static void rtl8xxxu_queue_rx_urb(struct rtl8xxxu_priv *priv,
> static void rtl8xxxu_rx_urb_work(struct work_struct *work)
> {
> struct rtl8xxxu_priv *priv;
> + struct device *dev;

In reverse X'mas tree order.

> struct rtl8xxxu_rx_urb *rx_urb, *tmp;
> struct list_head local;
> struct sk_buff *skb;
> @@ -5869,6 +5872,7 @@ static void rtl8xxxu_rx_urb_work(struct work_struct *work)
> int ret;
>
> priv = container_of(work, struct rtl8xxxu_priv, rx_urb_wq);
> + dev = &priv->udev->dev;
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&local);
>
> spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->rx_urb_lock, flags);
> @@ -5894,8 +5898,7 @@ static void rtl8xxxu_rx_urb_work(struct work_struct *work)
> rtl8xxxu_queue_rx_urb(priv, rx_urb);
> break;
> default:

Only here use local 'dev'. Why not assign the value here?
But for this case, it seems no gain. Just keep it as was?

> - dev_warn(&priv->udev->dev,
> - "failed to requeue urb with error %i\n", ret);
> + dev_warn(dev, "failed to requeue urb with error %i\n", ret);
> skb = (struct sk_buff *)rx_urb->urb.context;
> dev_kfree_skb(skb);
> usb_free_urb(&rx_urb->urb);
> --
> 2.43.0
>