Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix unnecessary else block with only a break statement
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 05:41:23 EST
On Wed, Sep 09, 2026 at 02:29:38PM +0600, Isaac Aneek Sarker wrote:
> Warning found by checkpatch.pl : else is not generally useful after a
> break or return. The function would reach the break statement after
> if-elseif block even if the else block is not used.
>
> Signed-off-by: Isaac Aneek Sarker <alvasarker2004@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c
> index 3c82012fdc6c..a203ef8bd6f6 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c
> @@ -1789,8 +1789,8 @@ static int enqueue_reorder_recvframe(struct recv_reorder_ctrl *preorder_ctrl, un
> /* Duplicate entry is found!! Do not insert current entry. */
> /* spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ppending_recvframe_queue->lock, irql); */
> return false;
> - else
> - break;
> +
> + break;
Did you test this code? It looks like you now just changed the logic a
lot, right?
thanks,
greg k-h