linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] Staging: rtl8192u: r819xU

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Message-ID: <1424417451.18211.6.camel@perches.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2015 23:30:51 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Tolga Ceylan <tolga.ceylan@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Roxana Blaj <roxanagabriela10@...il.com>,
	Ana Rey <anarey@...il.com>,
	Rui Miguel Silva <rmfrfs@...il.com>,
	Chaitra Ramaiah <linux.delve@...il.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] Staging: rtl8192u: r819xU_firmware: added space
 after comma

On Thu, 2015-02-19 at 21:54 -0800, Tolga Ceylan wrote:
> Resolved space required after that ',' errors reported by checkpatch.

trivia:

> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r819xU_firmware.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r819xU_firmware.c
[]
> @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static bool fw_download_code(struct net_device *dev, u8 *code_virtual_address,
>  		skb  = dev_alloc_skb(USB_HWDESC_HEADER_LEN + frag_length + 4);
>  		if (!skb)
>  			return false;
> -		memcpy((unsigned char *)(skb->cb),&dev,sizeof(dev));
> +		memcpy((unsigned char *)(skb->cb), &dev, sizeof(dev));


Might as well remove the unnecessary cast too:

		memcpy(skb->cb, &dev, sizeof(dev));

but it might be better to avoid the memcpy and use an assign

	*(struct net_device *)skb->cb = dev;

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