linux-stable.git/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include, branch master Linux kernel stable tree staging: rtl8723bs: remove redundant blank lines in basic_types.h 2026-03-31T08:38:43+00:00 Mashiro Chen mashiro.chen@mailbox.org 2026-03-30T11:42:32+00:00 27d51f066072e415ef46bc09ac7a326305dafbca Remove redundant blank lines at the top of the file to improve code cleanliness. Signed-off-by: Mashiro Chen <mashiro.chen@mailbox.org> Reviewed-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260330114232.91431-4-mashiro.chen@mailbox.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Remove redundant blank lines at the top of the file to improve
code cleanliness.

Signed-off-by: Mashiro Chen <mashiro.chen@mailbox.org>
Reviewed-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260330114232.91431-4-mashiro.chen@mailbox.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: rtl8723bs: wrap complex macros with parentheses 2026-03-31T08:38:43+00:00 Mashiro Chen mashiro.chen@mailbox.org 2026-03-30T11:42:31+00:00 e8fa04fd77d5dd3ed164d6926242129d1e45777b Fix "COMPLEX_MACRO" errors reported by checkpatch.pl by wrapping macro values in parentheses to ensure correct operator precedence. Signed-off-by: Mashiro Chen <mashiro.chen@mailbox.org> Reviewed-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260330114232.91431-3-mashiro.chen@mailbox.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Fix "COMPLEX_MACRO" errors reported by checkpatch.pl
by wrapping macro values in parentheses to ensure
correct operator precedence.

Signed-off-by: Mashiro Chen <mashiro.chen@mailbox.org>
Reviewed-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260330114232.91431-3-mashiro.chen@mailbox.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: rtl8723bs: remove unused WRITEEF/READEF byte macros 2026-03-31T08:38:43+00:00 Mashiro Chen mashiro.chen@mailbox.org 2026-03-30T11:42:30+00:00 e2b69a082c701e4f4bfad7d8039314626b9ef574 The WRITEEF4BYTE, WRITEEF2BYTE, WRITEEF1BYTE, READEF4BYTE, READEF2BYTE and READEF1BYTE macros are never used in the driver. Remove them entirely. Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mashiro Chen <mashiro.chen@mailbox.org> Reviewed-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260330114232.91431-2-mashiro.chen@mailbox.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
The WRITEEF4BYTE, WRITEEF2BYTE, WRITEEF1BYTE, READEF4BYTE,
READEF2BYTE and READEF1BYTE macros are never used in the driver.
Remove them entirely.

Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mashiro Chen <mashiro.chen@mailbox.org>
Reviewed-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260330114232.91431-2-mashiro.chen@mailbox.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: rtl8723bs: fix spelling in comment 2026-03-31T08:34:15+00:00 Haoyu Lu hechushiguitu666@gmail.com 2026-03-27T11:14:54+00:00 d915dde6cf913f90efd74efbadf5f1219c7072ae Change "co-existance" to "co-existence" in comment. Signed-off-by: Haoyu Lu <hechushiguitu666@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260327111455.3260-1-hechushiguitu666@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Change "co-existance" to "co-existence" in comment.

Signed-off-by: Haoyu Lu <hechushiguitu666@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260327111455.3260-1-hechushiguitu666@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: rtl8723bs: remove custom is_multicast_mac_addr() function 2026-03-31T08:32:06+00:00 Nikolay Kulikov nikolayof23@gmail.com 2026-03-23T15:06:08+00:00 2541d1822954b6629cf4bbc0d20fea82143452b3 is_multicast_mac_addr() is redundant reimplementation of standard is_multicast_ether_addr() func. Remove it and switch to use is_multicast_ether_addr(). Signed-off-by: Nikolay Kulikov <nikolayof23@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260323150650.7168-7-nikolayof23@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
is_multicast_mac_addr() is redundant reimplementation of standard
is_multicast_ether_addr() func.
Remove it and switch to use is_multicast_ether_addr().

Signed-off-by: Nikolay Kulikov <nikolayof23@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260323150650.7168-7-nikolayof23@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: rtl8723bs: remove custom is_broadcast_mac_addr() function 2026-03-31T08:32:05+00:00 Nikolay Kulikov nikolayof23@gmail.com 2026-03-23T15:06:07+00:00 1ee677634567ac4ca9d6141e89f08ca0e5f5d7ae Replace the custom broadcast address checking function with standard kernel is_broadcast_ether_addr() func for this. Signed-off-by: Nikolay Kulikov <nikolayof23@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260323150650.7168-6-nikolayof23@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Replace the custom broadcast address checking function with standard
kernel is_broadcast_ether_addr() func for this.

Signed-off-by: Nikolay Kulikov <nikolayof23@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260323150650.7168-6-nikolayof23@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: rtl8723bs: remove custom is_zero_mac_addr() function 2026-03-31T08:31:18+00:00 Nikolay Kulikov nikolayof23@gmail.com 2026-03-23T15:06:06+00:00 93854e4dd543e2818d7afe91ada55442cb820646 Remove the custom function is_zero_mac_addr() and replace all calls to it with the default kernel function is_zero_ether_addr() to avoid duplicating existing code. Signed-off-by: Nikolay Kulikov <nikolayof23@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260323150650.7168-5-nikolayof23@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Remove the custom function is_zero_mac_addr() and replace all calls to it
with the default kernel function is_zero_ether_addr() to avoid
duplicating existing code.

Signed-off-by: Nikolay Kulikov <nikolayof23@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260323150650.7168-5-nikolayof23@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: rtl8723bs: remove unused function declarations 2026-03-31T08:30:51+00:00 Oskar Ray-Frayssinet rayfraytech@gmail.com 2026-03-21T22:33:46+00:00 3fc7b932b709dda62220f83b872f223c29a71af5 Remove unused declarations of MRateToHwRate8723B() and HwRateToMRate8723B() from rtl8723b_hal.h as they have no implementation and are never called. Signed-off-by: Oskar Ray-Frayssinet <rayfraytech@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260321223347.7054-1-rayfraytech@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Remove unused declarations of MRateToHwRate8723B() and
HwRateToMRate8723B() from rtl8723b_hal.h as they have no
implementation and are never called.

Signed-off-by: Oskar Ray-Frayssinet <rayfraytech@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260321223347.7054-1-rayfraytech@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: rtl8723bs: change custom comparing function to strcmp() 2026-03-18T15:52:46+00:00 Bera Yüzlü b9788213@gmail.com 2026-03-09T18:45:56+00:00 97eef87a546e665f62c4c5500b2381a3c90c0ef1 eqNByte() function is a redundant reimplementation of strcmp(). Remove eqNByte() and switch its usages to strcmp(). No functional change. Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Bera Yüzlü <b9788213@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260309184556.846-2-b9788213@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
eqNByte() function is a redundant reimplementation of strcmp().
Remove eqNByte() and switch its usages to strcmp().
No functional change.

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Bera Yüzlü <b9788213@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260309184556.846-2-b9788213@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: rtl8723bs: remove unused global efuse variables 2026-03-18T15:52:35+00:00 Marcos Andrade marcosandrade95963@gmail.com 2026-03-16T22:04:35+00:00 77da49db335dafd38754bc9a59a69a52e08557f3 Remove several global efuse variables from rtw_efuse.c and their corresponding extern declarations in rtw_efuse.h. These variables (fakeEfuseBank, BTEfuseUsedBytes, etc.) are completely unused legacy code. The driver currently maintains the efuse state properly within the 'efuse_hal' structure, which is encapsulated inside 'hal_com_data'. The removal of this dead code cleans up the global namespace and resolves multiple checkpatch.pl warnings regarding CamelCase naming conventions. Verified by compilation that no functional code references these variables. Signed-off-by: Marcos Andrade <marcosandrade95963@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260316220435.2249-1-marcosandrade95963@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Remove several global efuse variables from rtw_efuse.c and their
corresponding extern declarations in rtw_efuse.h.

These variables (fakeEfuseBank, BTEfuseUsedBytes, etc.) are completely
unused legacy code. The driver currently maintains the efuse state
properly within the 'efuse_hal' structure, which is encapsulated
inside 'hal_com_data'.

The removal of this dead code cleans up the global namespace and
resolves multiple checkpatch.pl warnings regarding CamelCase naming
conventions. Verified by compilation that no functional code references
these variables.

Signed-off-by: Marcos Andrade <marcosandrade95963@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260316220435.2249-1-marcosandrade95963@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>