linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging:iio:adc:added space around '-'

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Date:	Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:21:37 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
Cc:	Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>, jic23@...nel.org,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Michael.Hennerich@...log.com,
	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pmeerw@...erw.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging:iio:adc:added space around '-'

On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 09:15:52PM +0100, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> On 01/15/2016 08:42 PM, Bhumika Goyal wrote:
> > This patch adds apace around '-' operator.Found using checkpatch.pl
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7280a.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7280a.c b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7280a.c
> > index f45ebed..0c73bce 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7280a.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7280a.c
> > @@ -744,14 +744,14 @@ out:
> >  }
> >  
> >  static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED(in_thresh_low_value,
> > -		in_voltage-voltage_thresh_low_value,
> > +		in_voltage - voltage_thresh_low_value,
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for patch. But when sending cleanup patches like this please make
> sure that you a) understand what the code does and how your change affects
> it and b) as a bare minimum of testing perform a compile test, if possible
> also do functional testing.
> 
> The patch as it is, is neither semantically nor syntactically correct. As an
> exercise please make sure you understand why.

Ugh!

It took me a long time to figure out the bug in this patch...  Why does
that filename have a mix of dashes and underscores?  Too late to fix it
now...  :/

regards,
dan carpenter