linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] rtl8712: replace leading spaces with tab

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Message-ID: <1355140186.26815.6.camel@joe-AO722>
Date:	Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:49:46 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	Przemo Firszt <przemo@...szt.eu>, Larry.Finger@...inger.net,
	florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com, greg@...ah.com,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] rtl8712: replace leading spaces with tab

On Mon, 2012-12-10 at 12:46 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 10:15:10AM +0000, Przemo Firszt wrote:
> > Replace leading spaces with tab
[]
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
[]
> >  static int r871x_set_wpa_ie(struct _adapter *padapter, char *pie,
> > -			    unsigned short ielen)
> > +				unsigned short ielen)
> 
> The original version is better because it lines up correctly.
> 
> Checkpatch doesn't complain for me so I'm not sure what the story is
> here.

Parenthesis alignment isn't described in CodingStyle.
It's maintainer's preference.  Whether or not it should
be is a different question.

checkpatch parenthesis alignment of arguments checks are
emitted only when adding --strict to the command line.


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