On Monday, September 28, 2015 10:52:33 PM Luis de Bethencourt wrote: > The while() loop will only exit in a return or a goto ask_for_joinbss, > which means it will never break and execute the return after it. > Removing return _FAIL since it is dead code. > > Signed-off-by: Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.c > index fc5dbea..fbcb248 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.c > @@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ int r8712_select_and_join_from_scan(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv) > } > } > } > - return _FAIL; > + > ask_for_joinbss: > return r8712_joinbss_cmd(adapter, pnetwork); > } > Yes, that line is unreachable, (no breaks, only returns and gotos to get out of the loop). but ugh, that function is an abomination. removing the return _FAIL does little to improve the code flow or readability. perhaps a nicer fix would be to change it to follow the convention of gotos for the failure path, so instead of 5 levels of nesting, it would flow naturally toward r8712_joinbss_cmd(); _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
