linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: fwserial: rearrange comment to avoid warning

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Date:   Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:19:24 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Ajith P V <ajithpv.linux@...il.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: fwserial: rearrange comment to avoid warning

Hi--

On 1/19/22 00:41, Ajith P V wrote:
> fwserial.h comment contains word "bits" 2 times together.
> The sentence required this however it produce warning.
> Change the comment to make it proper.

Is that a warning from checkpatch?
If so, it's OK to ignore something like that.
checkpatch isn't perfect and we know that.


or if someone wants to apply the patch, ok.

> Signed-off-by: Ajith P V <ajithpv.linux@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/fwserial/fwserial.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/fwserial/fwserial.h b/drivers/staging/fwserial/fwserial.h
> index 1d15f183e0fa..ae7cf84ceafc 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/fwserial/fwserial.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/fwserial/fwserial.h
> @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ struct fwconsole_ops {
>   * @break_last: timestamp in jiffies from last emit_breaks
>   * @hangup: work responsible for HUPing when carrier is dropped/lost
>   * @mstatus: loose virtualization of LSR/MSR
> - *         bits 15..0  correspond to TIOCM_* bits
> + *         bits 15..0  correspond to bits TIOCM_*
>   *         bits 19..16 reserved for mctrl
>   *         bit 20      OOB_TX_THROTTLE
>   *	   bits 23..21 reserved

thanks.
-- 
~Randy