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Message-ID: <20160208034743.GA22850@kroah.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 19:47:43 -0800
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc: Pinkesh Badjatiya <pinkeshbadjatiya@...il.com>,
Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@....samsung.com>,
Aya Mahfouz <mahfouz.saif.elyazal@...il.com>,
Shivani Bhardwaj <shivanib134@...il.com>,
Punit Vara <punitvara@...il.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: Fix Comparison with constant warning.
On Sat, Feb 06, 2016 at 08:53:57AM -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 02/06/2016 08:41 AM, Pinkesh Badjatiya wrote:
> >Fix Comparisons with constant on the left side of the test.
> >Checkpatch.pl warning.
> >--
> >WARNING: Comparisons should place the constant on the right side of the
> >test
> >296: FILE: ./rtl8712_cmd.c:296:
> > while ((0 != r8712_read32(pAdapter, IOCMD_CTRL_REG)) &&
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Pinkesh Badjatiya <pinkeshbadjatiya@...il.com>
> >---
> > drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_cmd.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> This is another case where the writers of checkpatch are forcing their ideas
> of style on the whole world. The problem is that if I reject your patch, it
> will be submitted by someone else. Thus, reluctantly
>
> Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Well, the general kernel coding style is to put constants on the right
hand of the expression, so it is good to have it this way...
thanks,
greg k-h
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