Re: [v3 1/1] staging: rtl8723bs: Prevent duplicate NULL tests on a value

Andy Shevchenko <[email protected]> Fri, 4 Apr 2025 10:53:22 +0300
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.outreachy,dev.linux.lists.linux-staging,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
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On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM Abraham Samuel Adekunle
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> When a value has been tested for NULL in an expression, a
> second NULL test on the same value in another expression
> is unnecessary when the value has not been assigned NULL.
>
> Remove unnecessary duplicate NULL tests on the same value that
> has previously been NULL tested.
>
> Found by Coccinelle.

...

> +                       psta->sta_xmitpriv.txseq_tid[pattrib->priority] &= 0xFFF;

> +                                       psta->BA_starting_seqctrl[pattrib->priority & 0x0f] =
> +                                               (tx_seq + 1) & 0xfff;

> +                                       psta->BA_starting_seqctrl[pattrib->priority & 0x0f] =
> +                                               (pattrib->seqnum + 1) % 4096;

Logically it's obvious that you need to align all cases to have
consistent approach.
Besides that the commit message should mention this change. Something like this
"While at it, convert '& 0xfff' cases to use modulo operator and
decimal number to make the upper limit visible and clear what the
semantic of it is."

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko