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

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Date:   Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:57:39 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     Ajith P V <ajithpv.linux@...il.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: fwserial: rearrange comment to avoid warning

On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 07:19:24AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 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?

Yeah.  You're right.

WARNING: Possible repeated word: 'bits'
#207: FILE: drivers/staging/fwserial/fwserial.h:207:
+ *         bits 15..0  correspond to TIOCM_* bits
                                              ^^^^
+ *         bits 19..16 reserved for mctrl
            ^^^^
> If so, it's OK to ignore something like that.
> checkpatch isn't perfect and we know that.

Yep.  Checkpatch is not the boss of us.

regards,
dan carpenter