linux-kernel - Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 3/6] staging: rtl8192e: Fix block comments warning

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1702181715380.3112@hadrien>
Date:   Sat, 18 Feb 2017 17:16:42 +0100 (CET)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:     SIMRAN SINGHAL <singhalsimran0@...il.com>
cc:     outreachy-kernel <outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 3/6] staging: rtl8192e: Fix block
 comments warning



On Sat, 18 Feb 2017, SIMRAN SINGHAL wrote:

>
>
> On Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 9:00:51 PM UTC+5:30, Julia Lawall wrote:
>
>
>       On Sat, 18 Feb 2017, simran singhal wrote:
>
>       > Align * on a line, to conform to the kernal coding
>       > style for block comments.
>
>       It is not clear what is means to align * on a line.  What line?
>
>       What has been done is to add a space at the beginning of the
>       line.  But
>       then the line goes over 80 characters and doesn't line up any
>       more on the
>       right side.  I would guess that you should have gotten a new
>       warning by
>       having gone over 80 characters. Fixing one warning should not
>       introduce a
>       new one, especially for something purely decorative, like this.
>
>       julia
>
>  Julia, I am not getting any new warning. It's not gone over 80 characters.

OK, it looked like it would be too long on my screen.

Are the right sides of the * lines lined up after the change?

julia

>  
>       >
>       > Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhal...@...il.com>
>       > ---
>       >  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_HT.h | 2 +-
>       >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>       >
>       > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_HT.h
>       b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_HT.h
>       > index 6eb018f..48d101a 100644
>       > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_HT.h
>       > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_HT.h
>       > @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
>       >   *
>       >   * Contact Information:
>       >   * wlanfae <wla...@...ltek.com>
>       >-**************************************************************************
>       ****/
>       > +***************************************************************************
>       ***/
>       >  #ifndef _RTL819XU_HTTYPE_H_
>       >  #define _RTL819XU_HTTYPE_H_
>       >
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