linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Staging: ccree: ssi_aead.h: Fixed a pointer declaration error.

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Date:   Sat, 3 Jun 2017 23:28:31 +0530
From:   srishti sharma <srishtishar@...il.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: ccree: ssi_aead.h: Fixed a pointer declaration error.

Hey,

checkpatch.pl generated two errors , because the dereferencing
operator was placed next to the structure name instead of being placed
with the pointer .

for eg:
  struct scatterlist* srcSgl; (this was giving an error)

whereas
 struct scatterlist *srcSgl; (this did not give an error)


Both of them will compile , but the second one is a better
representation of it and does not produce an error on running
checkpatch.pl .

Regards,
Srishti

On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 2:07 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 04:15:17AM +0530, srishti sharma wrote:
>> Fixed a pointer declaration error , the dereferencing operator was misplaced.
>
> Odd use of a ,
>
> Also, I don't understand what was "misplaced" here?  There does not seem
> to be a "error" fixed here...
>