linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [media] : Removing warnings caught by checkpatch.pl

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Date:   Mon, 3 Oct 2016 22:52:11 +0100
From:   Andrey Utkin <andrey_utkin@...tmail.com>
To:     Harman Kalra <harman4linux@...il.com>
Cc:     laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com, mchehab@...nel.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [media] : Removing warnings caught by checkpatch.pl

On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 02:30:45AM +0530, Harman Kalra wrote:
>  static int iss_video_queue_setup(struct vb2_queue *vq,
> -				 unsigned int *count, unsigned int *num_planes,
> -				 unsigned int sizes[], struct device *alloc_devs[])
> +			unsigned int *count, unsigned int *num_planes,
> +			unsigned int sizes[], struct device *alloc_devs[])

2 spaces + 3 tabs -> 2 spaces + 2 tabs? Am I seeing this correctly?
Both ways are against CodingStyle.

> -	/* Try the get selection operation first and fallback to get format if not
> -	 * implemented.
> +	/* Try the get selection operation first and
> +	 * fallback to get format if not implemented.
>  	 */

This comment style is discouraged so this is at lease not perfect.
Doesn't checkpatch complain with this change? If it doesn't, could you
please also check with --strict, as long as you're working on style.