linux-kernel - Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging/wlan-ng: Fix line that exceeds 100 columns

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Date:   Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:47:08 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
To:     Izabela Bakollari <izabela.bakollari@...il.com>
cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging/wlan-ng: Fix line that exceeds
 100 columns



On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, izabela.bakollari@...il.com wrote:

> From: Izabela Bakollari <izabela.bakollari@...il.com>
>
> Rearrange comment that exceeds 100 columns length. Issue reported
> by checkpatch.pl
>
> Signed-off-by: Izabela Bakollari <izabela.bakollari@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c
> index 759e475e303c..5fad37a49aa5 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c
> @@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ static int prism2_scan(struct wiphy *wiphy,
>  					  msg2.beaconperiod.data,
>  					  ie_buf,
>  					  ie_len,
> -					  (msg2.signal.data - 65536) * 100, /* Conversion to signed type */
> +					  (msg2.signal.data - 65536) * 100,
> +					  /* Conversion to signed type */

I think that the comment is in the wrong place.  GFP_KERNEL has to do with
whether the allocation can wait in case of insufficient memory, and not
with signed types.  The signed type thing must be the argument before.  Si
it would be better to put the comment above that code.

julia


>  					  GFP_KERNEL);
>
>  		if (!bss) {
> --
> 2.18.4
>
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