netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: tulip: Adjust indentation in {dmfe,uli526x}_init

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Date:   Mon, 09 Dec 2019 20:29:20 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     natechancellor@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: tulip: Adjust indentation in
 {dmfe,uli526x}_init_module

From: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Date: Mon,  9 Dec 2019 14:16:23 -0700

> Clang warns:
> 
> ../drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/uli526x.c:1812:3: warning: misleading
> indentation; statement is not part of the previous 'if'
> [-Wmisleading-indentation]
>         switch (mode) {
>         ^
> ../drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/uli526x.c:1809:2: note: previous
> statement is here
>         if (cr6set)
>         ^
> 1 warning generated.
> 
> ../drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/dmfe.c:2217:3: warning: misleading
> indentation; statement is not part of the previous 'if'
> [-Wmisleading-indentation]
>         switch(mode) {
>         ^
> ../drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/dmfe.c:2214:2: note: previous
> statement is here
>         if (cr6set)
>         ^
> 1 warning generated.
> 
> This warning occurs because there is a space before the tab on these
> lines. Remove them so that the indentation is consistent with the Linux
> kernel coding style and clang no longer warns.
> 
> While we are here, adjust the default block in dmfe_init_module to have
> a proper break between the label and assignment and add a space between
> the switch and opening parentheses to avoid a checkpatch warning.
> 
> Fixes: e1c3e5014040 ("[PATCH] initialisation cleanup for ULI526x-net-driver")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/795
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>

Applied, but it's really crummy that the tool gets tripped up by the
fact that a space preceeds the TAB.  It's what the code visually looks
like, not what exact kinds of SPACE characters were used to get there.