linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: ccree: remove trailing whitespace. switch spaces to tabs

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Message-ID: <20170512090032.GB17874@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 12 May 2017 11:00:32 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Connor Kelleher <connor.r.kelleher@...il.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: ccree: remove trailing whitespace. switch
 spaces to tabs

On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 11:39:56AM -0700, Connor Kelleher wrote:
> ssi_fips.c:
> 
> fixing checkpatch.pl errors:
> 
> ERROR: trailing whitespace
> + * $
> 
> ERROR: trailing whitespace
> + * $
> 
> ERROR: trailing whitespace
> + * $
> 
> ERROR: trailing whitespace
> +This function returns the REE FIPS state.  $
> 
> ERROR: trailing whitespace
> +It should be called by kernel module. $
> 
> ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible
> +        int rc = 0;$
> 
> ERROR: trailing whitespace
> +This function returns the REE FIPS error.  $
> 
> ERROR: trailing whitespace
> +It should be called by kernel module. $
> 
> ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible
> +        int rc = 0;$

Those are different "types" of errors, please only do one type of thing
per patch.

thanks,

greg k-h