linux-kernel - Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] Staging: ks7010: There should be no spaces at the start of a line

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1702181758460.3112@hadrien>
Date:   Sat, 18 Feb 2017 18:00:42 +0100 (CET)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:     Arushi Singhal <arushisinghal19971997@...il.com>
cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] Staging: ks7010: There should be no
 spaces at the start of a line



On Sat, 18 Feb 2017, Arushi Singhal wrote:

> The following patch the checkpatch.pl warning:
> drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c warning: please, no spaces at the
> start of a line
>
> Signed-off-by: Arushi Singhal <arushisinghal19971997@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c
> index 819e08b5fa91..3b2e28749b63 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c
> @@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ int get_current_ap(struct ks_wlan_private *priv, struct link_ap_info_t *ap_info)
>  	}
>  	DPRINTK(4, "\n    Link AP\n");
>  	DPRINTK(4, "    bssid=%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n \
> -   essid=%s\n    rate_set=%02X,%02X,%02X,%02X,%02X,%02X,%02X,%02X\n    channel=%d\n \
> -   rssi=%d\n    sq=%d\n    capability=%04X\n", ap->bssid[0], ap->bssid[1], ap->bssid[2], ap->bssid[3], ap->bssid[4], ap->bssid[5], &(ap->ssid.body[0]), ap->rate_set.body[0], ap->rate_set.body[1], ap->rate_set.body[2], ap->rate_set.body[3], ap->rate_set.body[4], ap->rate_set.body[5], ap->rate_set.body[6], ap->rate_set.body[7], ap->channel, ap->rssi, ap->sq, ap->capability);
> +essid=%s\n    rate_set=%02X,%02X,%02X,%02X,%02X,%02X,%02X,%02X\n    channel=%d\n \
> +rssi=%d\n    sq=%d\n    capability=%04X\n", ap->bssid[0], ap->bssid[1], ap->bssid[2], ap->bssid[3], ap->bssid[4], ap->bssid[5], &(ap->ssid.body[0]), ap->rate_set.body[0], ap->rate_set.body[1], ap->rate_set.body[2], ap->rate_set.body[3], ap->rate_set.body[4], ap->rate_set.body[5], ap->rate_set.body[6], ap->rate_set.body[7], ap->channel, ap->rssi, ap->sq, ap->capability);

The code looks like a mess.  How about breaking up the call at the
newlines, and then propagating the arguments to the appropriate calls.

There is also a checkpatch error about strings on more than one line, that
this also violates.

julia

>  	DPRINTK(4, "\n    Link AP\n    rsn.mode=%d\n    rsn.size=%d\n",
>  		ap_info->rsn_mode, ap_info->rsn.size);
>  	DPRINTK(4, "\n    ext_rate_set_size=%d\n    rate_set_size=%d\n",
> --
> 2.11.0
>
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