linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/8] wlan-ng/prism2sta:checkpatch: Fix long lines

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jun 2014 13:22:12 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Johannes Stadlinger <Johannes.Stadlinger@....de>
Cc:	devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
	Maximilian Eschenbacher <maximilian@...henbacher.email>,
	linux-kernel@...cs.fau.de,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Tugce Sirin <ztugcesirin@...il.com>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Neil Armstrong <superna9999@...il.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Vitaly Osipov <vitaly.osipov@...il.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] wlan-ng/prism2sta:checkpatch: Fix long lines

On Thu, 2014-06-19 at 21:20 +0200, Johannes Stadlinger wrote:
> This patch fixes all warning of checkpatch about lines over 80
> characters.

trivia:

> diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c
[]
> @@ -1271,7 +1275,8 @@ void prism2sta_processing_defer(struct work_struct *data)
>  				     HFA384x_RID_CURRENTSSID, result);
>  				return;
>  			}
> -			prism2mgmt_bytestr2pstr((struct hfa384x_bytestr *) &ssid,
> +			prism2mgmt_bytestr2pstr((struct hfa384x_bytestr *)
> +									&ssid,
>  						(p80211pstrd_t *) &
>  						wlandev->ssid);

I don't find this better or easier to read.

Sometimes it's easier to read to cast to a
void * instead of the specific type

			prism2mgmt_bytestr2pstr((void *)&ssid,
						(void *)&wlandev->ssid);

 



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