linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/2] staging: rtl8712: Fix Alignment of open parenthesis

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Date:   Mon, 28 Oct 2019 01:09:38 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Cristiane Naves <cristianenavescardoso09@...il.com>,
        outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Florian Schilhabel <florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/2] staging: rtl8712: Fix Alignment of open
 parenthesis

On Mon, 2019-10-28 at 11:01 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 06:50:25PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Fri, 2019-10-25 at 22:09 -0300, Cristiane Naves wrote:
> > > Fix alignment should match open parenthesis.Issue found by checkpatch.
> > 
> > Beyond doing style cleanups, please always try
> > to make the code more readable.
> > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c
> > []
> > > @@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ void r8712_init_recv_priv(struct recv_priv *precvpriv,
> > >  		precvbuf->ref_cnt = 0;
> > >  		precvbuf->adapter = padapter;
> > >  		list_add_tail(&precvbuf->list,
> > > -				 &(precvpriv->free_recv_buf_queue.queue));
> > > +			      &(precvpriv->free_recv_buf_queue.queue));
> > 
> > Please remove the unnecessary parentheses too
> > 
> 
> Removing the parentheses increases your chance of the patch being
> rejected on the one thing per patch rule...

Which for people that actually know how to
read and write code is a silly rule.