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Date:	Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:11:35 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Daeseok Youn <daeseok.youn@...il.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, john.stultz@...aro.org,
	ohaugan@...eaurora.org, romlem@...gle.com,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, konkers@...roid.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ccross@...roid.com,
	rebecca@...roid.com, prtvar.b@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging : android : fix checkpatch issues

On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 10:59:14AM +0900, Daeseok Youn wrote:
> @@ -1376,14 +1376,14 @@ static int ion_debug_heap_show(struct seq_file *s, void *unused)
>  		}
>  	}
>  	mutex_unlock(&dev->buffer_lock);
> -	seq_printf(s, "----------------------------------------------------\n");
> +	seq_puts(s, "----------------------------------------------------\n");
>  	seq_printf(s, "%16.s %16zu\n", "total orphaned",
>  		   total_orphaned_size);

This kind of thing where you put a seq_puts() in the middle of a string
of seq_printf() calls is not good.  We only make checkpatch.pl warn
about it to see if patch submitters are paying attention and to test the
patience of reviewers.

regards,
dan carpenter

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