linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: include: Fix coding style errors

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Message-ID: <9aa9f610-41f2-18cb-e9e6-6980a965c3e3@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 26 Jul 2020 23:59:58 +0530
From:   Aditya Jain <aditya.jainadityajain.jain@...il.com>
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, hdegoede@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: include: Fix coding style errors


On 26/07/20 11:33 pm, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 7/26/20 3:40 AM, Aditya Jain wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 1:56 PM Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 01:32:15PM +0530, Aditya Jain wrote:
>>>> Fixing ERROR: "foo *  bar" should be "foo *bar" in hal_phy_cfg.h
>>>> as reported by checkpatch.pl
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Aditya Jain <aditya.jainadityajain.jain@...il.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>   .../staging/rtl8723bs/include/hal_phy_cfg.h    | 18 
>>>> +++++++++---------
>>>>   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/hal_phy_cfg.h 
>>>> b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/hal_phy_cfg.h
>>>> index 419ddb0733aa..fd5f377bad4f 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/hal_phy_cfg.h
>>>> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/hal_phy_cfg.h
>>>> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ u32         Data
>>>>
>>>>   u32
>>>>   PHY_QueryRFReg_8723B(
>>>> -struct adapter *             Adapter,
>>>> +struct adapter               *Adapter,
>>>>   u8           eRFPath,
>>>>   u32                  RegAddr,
>>>>   u32                  BitMask
>>>
>>> Ick, these are all horrid.  How about just making these all on a single
>>> line like most functions have them instead of this one cleanup?
>>>
>>> Same for the other changes you made in this file.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> greg k-h
>>
>> Agreed. I'll clean it up.
>
> While you are at it, drop the "include;" from the subject. For 
> staging, the usual subject is of the form "staging: driver: thing 
> being done". In your case "staging: rtl8723bs: Fix coding style 
> errors". The directory of the files are not relevant.
Ok, I'll take care of this and update the subject in the next version of 
the Patch series.
>
> I am also not in favor of the large white space between the variable 
> type and the name, but that is probably the subject of separate patches.
>
I think, the v3 patch series resolves this.
> Larry
>

Regards,

Aditya Jain