Re: [PATCH 2/6] wifi: brcmfmac: use 'time_left' variable with wait_event_timeout()

[Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>]

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On 6/3/2024 11:15 AM, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> There is a confusing pattern in the kernel to use a variable named 'timeout' to
> store the result of wait_event_timeout() causing patterns like:
> 
> 	timeout = wait_event_timeout(...)
> 	if (!timeout) return -ETIMEDOUT;
> 
> with all kinds of permutations. Use 'time_left' as a variable to make the code
> self explaining.

I feel this type of changes fall into the category of bike-shedding. 
People should know how wait_event_timeout() works and then a variable 
name does not really matter.

> Fix to the proper variable type 'long' while here.

But it may have useful side-effects to go over the code with fresh look. 
Thanks.

Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
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>   .../wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c    | 10 +++++-----
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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