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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] staging: r8188eu: Provide a TODO file for this driver
To:     "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>,
        gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net,
        phil@philpotter.co.uk, Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@gmail.com>,
        linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
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From:   Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
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Date:   Fri, 27 Aug 2021 18:39:01 +0300
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On 8/27/21 1:08 PM, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> Provide a TODO file that lists the tasks that should be carried out in
> order to move this driver off drivers/staging.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> v2->v3: Added a task suggested by Dan Carpenter
> <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>.
> v1->v2: According to reviews by Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@gmail.com> and Greg K-H
>          <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, remove "[] is currently in development...",
>          indent and properly wrap the lines, remove the unnecessary last paragraph.
> 
>   drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO | 13 +++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..98f918480990
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO
> @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
> +To-do list:
> +
> +* Correct the coding style according to Linux guidelines; please read the document
> +  at https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html.
> +* Remove unnecessary debugging/printing macros; for those that are still needed
> +  use the proper kernel API (pr_debug(), dev_dbg(), netdev_dbg()).
> +* Remove dead code such as unusued functions, variables, fields, etc..
> +* Use in-kernel API and remove unnecessary wrappers where possible.
> +* Fix bugs due to code that sleeps in atomic context.
> +* Remove the HAL layer and migrate its functionality into the relevant parts of
> +  the driver.
> +* Switch to use LIB80211.
> +* Switch to use MAC80211.
> 

I think, we can add an entry about error handling. There are _a lot_ 
function calls without proper error handling. rtw_read*() calls are on 
me, but others...


With regards,
Pavel Skripkin