linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Staging: rtl8712: rtl871x_mp.h: Coding style warnings fix for block comment

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Message-ID: <20150924112202.GZ5004@mwanda>
Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:22:02 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Cc:	Punit Vara <punitvara@...il.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Larry.Finger@...inger.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: rtl8712: rtl871x_mp.h: Coding style warnings
 fix for block comment

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 03:57:22PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 12:00:01PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 01:54:22AM +0530, Punit Vara wrote:
> > > This is a patch to the rtl871x_mp.h that fixes up following warnings
> > > reported by checkpatch.pl :
> > > 
> > > -Block comments use a trailing */ on a separate line
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Punit Vara <punitvara@...il.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mp.h | 3 ++-
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mp.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mp.h
> > > index 75893f2..20a4273 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mp.h
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mp.h
> > > @@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ struct mp_priv {
> > >  	unsigned char network_macaddr[6];
> > >  	/*Testing Flag*/
> > >  	u32 mode;/*0 for normal type packet,
> > 
> > This first line is missing some spaces so the whole comment needs to be
> > redone.
> > 
> > 	u32 mode; /* 0 for normal type packet,
> > 		   * 1 for loopback packet (16bytes TXCMD)
> > 		   */
> If he is modifying the first line then shouldn't it be:
> 	u32 mode; /* 
> 		   * 0 for normal type packet,
> 		   * 1 for loopback packet (16bytes TXCMD)
> 		   */
> 

Networking code doesn't use the empty first line.

regards,
dan carpenter

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