linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] staging: comedi: comedidev.h: fix some checkpatch issues

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Date:	Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:25:51 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Hartley Sweeten <HartleyS@...ionengravers.com>
Cc:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>,
	"driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org" 
	<driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] staging: comedi: comedidev.h: fix some checkpatch
 issues

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 05:22:29PM +0000, Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> On Monday, October 12, 2015 10:03 AM, Ian Abbott wrote:
> > Fix some checkpatch issues in "comedidev.h".  There are still some
> > CamelCase warnings, but since those are for the use of "mA" and it
> > represents "milliamps", I think I'll leave them alone.
> >
> > 1) staging: comedi: comedidev.h: add comments to spin-lock and mutex
> > 2) staging: comedi: comedidev.h: spaces preferred around that '*'
> >
> >  drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h | 18 +++++++++---------
> >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Reviewed-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>
> 
> Ian,
> 
> Just a comment...
> 
> The checkpaatch.pl noise about "mA" defines are a bit annoying but
> I agree that those defines are clearer than "{foo}_milliamps".

I agree, checkpatch is just a "hint", feel free to ignore it when it
says stupid things.  Like this.

thanks,

greg k-h
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