Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: use u8 instead of unsigned char in NDIS typedefs

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Oct 07, 2026 at 02:02:36PM +0330, Muhammad Mahdi Amirpour wrote:
> Replace the plain C type 'unsigned char' with the kernel's fixed-width
> type 'u8' in the NDIS_802_11_RATES and NDIS_802_11_RATES_EX typedefs.
> 
> The kernel coding style prefers fixed-width types over plain C types.
> This addresses one of the outstanding TODO items in the rtl8723bs
> driver: "convert any remaining unusual variable types".
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Mahdi Amirpour <ampr.mhd@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wlan_bssdef.h | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wlan_bssdef.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wlan_bssdef.h
> index f4c1456f1..df541e956 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wlan_bssdef.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wlan_bssdef.h
> @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
>  #define NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES        8
>  #define NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES_EX     16
>  
> -typedef unsigned char   NDIS_802_11_RATES[NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES];        /*  Set of 8 data rates */
> -typedef unsigned char   NDIS_802_11_RATES_EX[NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES_EX];  /*  Set of 16 data rates */
> +typedef u8 NDIS_802_11_RATES[NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES];        /*  Set of 8 data rates */
> +typedef u8 NDIS_802_11_RATES_EX[NDIS_802_11_LENGTH_RATES_EX];  /*  Set of 16 data rates */
>  
>  struct ndis_802_11_ssid {
>  	u32 ssid_length;
> -- 
> 2.55.0
> 

Does not apply to the the staging-next branch at all :(