linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] ARM: ep93xx: ts72xx: Add support for BK3 board

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Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:07:52 +0100
From:   Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...il.com>
To:     Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, arndbergmann@...il.com,
        Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] ARM: ep93xx: ts72xx: Add support for BK3 board -
 ts72xx derivative

Hello Lukasz,

On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 23:07:04 +0100
Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de> wrote:

> > > +/*************************************************************************
> > > + * BK3 support code
> > > +
> > > *************************************************************************/
> > > +static struct mtd_partition bk3_nand_parts[] = {
> > > +	{
> > > +		.name		= "System",
> > > +		.offset	= 0x00000000,  
> > 
> > I see the above and below lines as unaligned
> 
> This is strange.... I'm using emacs with extension to have coding style
> for kernel.
> 
> Probably tabs get unaligned...

Yes, seems that they are.

[...]

> > 
> > > +	.atag_offset	= 0x100,
> > > +	.map_io	= bk3_map_io,  
> > 
> > again, inconsistent alignment...
> 
> Even more..... checkpatch.pl did not complained....

checkpatch.pl wouldn't complain, as there are basically two styles,
some people do not align the individual assignments in the structures at all.
But I was quite confident in the beginning and now even applied your v3 to
the code. And indeed it's unaligned... I even checked with emacs. Still
unaligned.

-- 
Alexander Sverdlin.