Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: replace IEs with ies

From: Jacob Bai
Date: Fri Oct 21 2022 - 07:21:05 EST


On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 09:35:32PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2022-10-18 at 21:54 +1100, Jacob Bai wrote:
> > Replace wlan_bssid_ex struct member IEs to ies.
> > CamelCase issue found by checkpatch.
>
> Please try to avoid changing code merely to appease checkpatch.
>
> What is the value of the last s?
> When is a specific index of the IEs array actually used?
>
> Mere renaming may be removing useful markings.
>
> (removing a lot of the rename blocks)
>
Thanks for those advices. As this was my first patch, I tried to
pick up an easier one to start with and followed commit 341f27d0
but changed "IEs" only.
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/wlan_bssdef.h b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/wlan_bssdef.h
> []
> > @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ struct wlan_bssid_ex {
> > unsigned char SupportedRates[NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES_EX];
> > struct wlan_phy_info PhyInfo;
> > u32 IELength;
> > - u8 IEs[MAX_IE_SZ]; /* timestamp, beacon interval, and
> > + u8 ies[MAX_IE_SZ]; /* timestamp, beacon interval, and
> > * capability information) */
> > } __packed;
> []
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> []
> > @@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ static char *translate_scan(struct adapter *padapter,
> >
> > if (pnetwork->network.Reserved[0] == 2) {/* Probe Request */
> > /* Verifying the P2P IE */
> > - if (rtw_get_p2p_ie(pnetwork->network.IEs, pnetwork->network.IELength, NULL, &p2pielen))
> > + if (rtw_get_p2p_ie(pnetwork->network.ies, pnetwork->network.IELength, NULL, &p2pielen))
> > blnGotP2PIE = true;
> > } else {/* Beacon or Probe Respones */
> > /* Verifying the P2P IE */
> > - if (rtw_get_p2p_ie(&pnetwork->network.IEs[12], pnetwork->network.IELength - 12, NULL, &p2pielen))
> > + if (rtw_get_p2p_ie(&pnetwork->network.ies[12], pnetwork->network.IELength - 12, NULL, &p2pielen))
>
> For instance, these consistent 12 and "- 12" uses may be better as some
> alternate array.
Could you please be more detail on this?
>
> > blnGotP2PIE = true;
> > }
> > }
> > @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static char *translate_scan(struct adapter *padapter,
> > start = iwe_stream_add_point(info, start, stop, &iwe, pnetwork->network.Ssid.Ssid);
> >
> > /* parsing HT_CAP_IE */
> > - p = rtw_get_ie(&pnetwork->network.IEs[12], _HT_CAPABILITY_IE_, &ht_ielen, pnetwork->network.IELength - 12);
> > + p = rtw_get_ie(&pnetwork->network.ies[12], _HT_CAPABILITY_IE_, &ht_ielen, pnetwork->network.IELength - 12);
> >
> > if (p && ht_ielen > 0) {
> > struct ieee80211_ht_cap *pht_capie;
>
> etc...
>
> Also this may be removing similarities between a few other realtek
> staging drivers
>
> $ git grep "\[MAX_IE_SZ\]"
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/wlan_bssdef.h: u8 IEs[MAX_IE_SZ]; /* timestamp, beacon interval, and
> drivers/staging/rtl8712/wlan_bssdef.h: u8 IEs[MAX_IE_SZ];
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wlan_bssdef.h: u8 ies[MAX_IE_SZ]; /* timestamp, beacon interval, and capability information) */
>
looks like rtl8723bs has already been updated with ies, should I replace
IELength as well like the commit I followed?