linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: msm: fix checkpatch warnings

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Date:	Mon, 4 Aug 2014 11:36:50 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Kiran Padwal <kiran.padwal@...rtplayin.com>
Cc:	davidb@...eaurora.org, dwalker@...o99.com, bryanh@...eaurora.org,
	sboyd@...eaurora.org, jslaby@...e.cz,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: msm: fix checkpatch warnings

On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 07:50:46PM +0530, Kiran Padwal wrote:
> This patch fixes the following checkpatch.pl warning:
> 
> WARNING: braces {} are not necessary for any arm of this statement
> 
> WARNING: Missing a blank line after declarations
> 
> WARNING: Prefer [subsystem eg: netdev]_err([subsystem]dev, ... then dev_err(dev, ... then pr_err(...  to printk(KERN_ERR ...
> 
> WARNING: Prefer [subsystem eg: netdev]_info([subsystem]dev, ... then dev_info(dev, ... then pr_info(...  to printk(KERN_INFO ...
> 
> WARNING: else is not generally useful after a break or return
> 
> WARNING: void function return statements are not generally useful
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kiran Padwal <kiran.padwal@...rtplayin.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c |   26 +++++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

That's a lot of different things all mushed into one patch.  Please
break this up into "one change per patch" so we can review it better.

thanks,

greg k-h
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