linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Staging: octeon: Fixing coding style for minor notices.

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Message-ID: <233f0f7b1165f6427fa86f026c4e7dcb5cafe35f.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Sun, 29 Jul 2018 10:33:16 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Georgios Tsotsos <tsotsos@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     John Smith <catalinnow@...il.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: octeon: Fixing coding style for minor notices.

On Sun, 2018-07-29 at 17:43 +0300, Georgios Tsotsos wrote:
> Fixing coding style for a few lines that were reported to check from
> checkpatch.pl in minor cases for alignment and ending with parenthesis.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Georgios Tsotsos <tsotsos@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
> index 9b15c9ed844b..1e258deecacc 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
> @@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ static void cvm_oct_periodic_worker(struct work_struct *work)
>  	if (priv->poll)
>  		priv->poll(cvm_oct_device[priv->port]);
>  
> -	cvm_oct_device[priv->port]->netdev_ops->ndo_get_stats(
> -						cvm_oct_device[priv->port]);
> +	cvm_oct_device[priv->port]->netdev_ops
> +				->ndo_get_stats(cvm_oct_device[priv->port]);
>  
>  	if (!atomic_read(&cvm_oct_poll_queue_stopping))
>  		schedule_delayed_work(&priv->port_periodic_work, HZ);

Probably more sensible to use a temporary.  Something like:
---
 drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
index 9b15c9ed844b..2febf1229587 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ static void cvm_oct_periodic_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct octeon_ethernet *priv = container_of(work,
 						    struct octeon_ethernet,
 						    port_periodic_work.work);
+	struct net_device *ndev = cvm_oct_device[priv->port];
 
 	if (priv->poll)
-		priv->poll(cvm_oct_device[priv->port]);
+		priv->poll(ndev);
 
-	cvm_oct_device[priv->port]->netdev_ops->ndo_get_stats(
-						cvm_oct_device[priv->port]);
+	ndev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_stats(ndev);
 
 	if (!atomic_read(&cvm_oct_poll_queue_stopping))
 		schedule_delayed_work(&priv->port_periodic_work, HZ);