On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 12:05:09AM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> Hi Phillip,
>
> On 1/10/22 12:00, Phillip Potter wrote:
> > Convert the DBG_88E macro calls in core/rtw_sta_mgt.c to use pr_debug,
> > as their information may be useful to observers, and this gets the
> > driver closer to the point of being able to remove DBG_88E itself.
> >
> > These calls are at points in the call chain where use of dev_dbg or
> > netdev_dbg isn't possible due to lack of device pointer, so plain
> > pr_debug is appropriate here.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Phillip Potter <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c | 4 ++--
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c
> > index 54561ff239a0..de5406a5870c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c
> > @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ inline int rtw_stainfo_offset(struct sta_priv *stapriv, struct sta_info *sta)
> > int offset = (((u8 *)sta) - stapriv->pstainfo_buf) / sizeof(struct sta_info);
> > if (!stainfo_offset_valid(offset))
> > - DBG_88E("%s invalid offset(%d), out of range!!!", __func__, offset);
> > + pr_debug("invalid offset(%d), out of range!!!", offset);
> > return offset;
> > }
>
> There is only one caller of this function and it also checks if offset is
> valid. I think, this check with debug message can be removed from this
> function.
>
Dear Pavel,
Thank you for your feedback, much appreciated. Good call on this one, I
can take it out in a subsequent v3 series.
> > @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ inline int rtw_stainfo_offset(struct sta_priv *stapriv, struct sta_info *sta)
> > inline struct sta_info *rtw_get_stainfo_by_offset(struct sta_priv *stapriv, int offset)
> > {
> > if (!stainfo_offset_valid(offset))
> > - DBG_88E("%s invalid offset(%d), out of range!!!", __func__, offset);
> > + pr_debug("invalid offset(%d), out of range!!!", offset);
> > return (struct sta_info *)(stapriv->pstainfo_buf + offset * sizeof(struct sta_info));
> > }
>
> Is it safe to proceed with invalid offset? Debug message says it's out of
> range, so might be we should just return with an error?
>
>
>
>
> With regards,
> Pavel Skripkin
I would need to check the code, but good observation. I wanted to limit
the scope of this series explicitly to DBG_88E calls, but might be worth
changing this at the same time.
Regards,
Phil
