Re: [BUG ?] staging: rtl8723au: condition with no effect

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Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> scanning for trivial bug-patters with coccinelle spatches returned:
> ./drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c:1395
> 	WARNING: condition with no effect (if branch == else)
>
> drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c - line numbers from 4.1-rc7
> 1395    if (bWithoutHWSM) {
> 1396            /* value16 |= (APDM_HOST | FSM_HSUS |/PFM_ALDN); */
> 1397            /*  2010/08/31 According to Filen description, we need to
> 1398                use HW to shut down 8051 automatically. */
> 1399            /*  Because suspend operation need the asistance of 8051
> 1400                to wait for 3ms. */
> 1401            value16 = APDM_HOST | AFSM_HSUS | PFM_ALDN;
> 1402    } else {
> 1403            value16 = APDM_HOST | AFSM_HSUS | PFM_ALDN;
> 1404    }
> 1405 
> 1406    rtl8723au_write16(padapter, REG_APS_FSMCO, value16);    /* 0x4802 */
>
> Not clear what the intent is but this looks like a typo/bug in the assigment
> of value16 as the condition here has no effect.

Doesn't look like a typo, looks like someone at some point had commented
out PFM_ALDN in the bWithoutHWSM case. Why they did that and then later
overrode it, I have no idea.

Jes


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