The Linux kernel coding style specifies that return is not a function
and therefore parentheses are not required.

Signed-off-by: Ashmit Kumar <work.ashmitkumar@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v4:
- Removed accidental modification of axis-fifo.c which was incorrectly bundled in v2.

 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
index f31196f54b3..40793aa58d6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ static int _netdev_open(struct net_device *pnetdev)
 	netif_carrier_off(pnetdev);
 	rtw_netif_stop_queue(pnetdev);
 
-	return (-1);
+	return -1;
 }
 
 int netdev_open(struct net_device *pnetdev)
-- 
2.51.0.windows.1

On Tue, Aug 04, 2026 at 11:14:17AM +0000, Ashmit Kumar wrote:
> The Linux kernel coding style specifies that return is not a function
> and therefore parentheses are not required.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ashmit Kumar <work.ashmitkumar@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v4:
> - Removed accidental modification of axis-fifo.c which was incorrectly bundled in v2.

Again, slow down, and you forgot the version info for the older
submissions.