linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fixed[ERROR:trailing whitespace and braces around scalar initializer]

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Date:   Thu, 27 Oct 2022 10:56:10 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Nam Cao <namcaov@...il.com>
Cc:     UMWARI JOVIAL <umwarijovial@...il.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        outreachy@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fixed[ERROR:trailing whitespace and braces around scalar
 initializer]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 07:14:34PM +0200, Nam Cao wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 04:28:38PM +0300, UMWARI JOVIAL wrote:
> > Using the checkpatch.pl script, found the below errors and  fixed
> > ERROR: trailing whitespace
> > CHECK: Please don't use multiple blank lines
> > warning: braces around scalar initializer
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: UMWARI JOVIAL <umwarijovial@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c | 2 --
> >  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c b/drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c
> > index 7a5f80e637a0..28259ce05024 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c
> > @@ -987,7 +987,6 @@ static int rcar_gen2_enable(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >  		writel(0x04, dev->io_base + 0x600);
> >  	}
> >  
> > -
> >  	/* BBCR = 0b11 */
> >  	writel(0x03, dev->io_base + 0x500);
> >  	writel(0x0002FF02, dev->io_base + 0x508);
> > @@ -1084,7 +1083,6 @@ static const struct of_device_id dim2_of_match[] = {
> >  	{
> >  		.compatible = "xlnx,axi4-os62420_6pin-1.00.a",
> >  	},
> > -	{},
> 
> I'm no expert, but this looks like a null terminator and probably
> should not be removed.

You're absolutely correct.  Also I tried to see why checkpatch.pl was
printing an error for this but it doesn't print an error for me.

regards,
dan carpenter