Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] staging: rtl8192e: Remove variable SetWirelessMode

[Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com>]

On 6/7/23 17:07, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 07, 2023 at 08:31:41PM +0530, Yogesh Hegde wrote:
>> The variable SetWirelessMode is set in only one place throughout the
>> driver. This patch removes the variable and calls the real function
>> directly instead, eliminating the unnecessary indirection.
>> Additionally, the removal of the variable aligns with the checkpatch
>> guidelines by removing the use of CamelCase.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yogesh Hegde <yogi.kernel@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>
>> v2: Removed the variable and called the function direction instead of
>>      just renaming the variable as suggested by Greg Kroah-Hartman
>>      <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
> 
> 

Hi Dan,

thanks for all the work you do. I always appreciate your comments.

But I think it does not work because this driver is divided into two 
modules.

To load the driver I am using the following lines:
sudo insmod drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.ko
sudo insmod drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192e_pci.ko

So this line is required:
priv->rtllib->SetWirelessMode = rtl92e_set_wireless_mode;
as one name is used in one module and one in the other module.

But the change was proposed by the masters so I thought that I must be 
wrong.

My compiler does not compile this patch:
   LD [M]  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192e_pci.o
   MODPOST drivers/staging/rtl8192e/Module.symvers
ERROR: modpost: "rtl92e_set_wireless_mode" 
[drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.ko] undefined!
make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modpost:136: 
drivers/staging/rtl8192e/Module.symvers] Error 1
make: *** [Makefile:1978: modpost] Error 2

Did this compile on your system Yogesh?

So I am looking forward to your response what I am doing wrong.

Bye Philipp