linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging: rtl8192u: reformat block comments

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Message-ID: <ZB7nsz1UQ9kn6d6p@kroah.com>
Date:   Sat, 25 Mar 2023 13:23:15 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Khadija Kamran <kamrankhadijadj@...il.com>
Cc:     outreachy@...ts.linux.dev, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging: rtl8192u: reformat block comments

On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 05:13:16PM +0500, Khadija Kamran wrote:
> Linux kernel coding style for block comments uses a column of '*' on the
> left side and  uses '*/' on a separate line.
> 
> Fix block comments by adding '*' on subsequent lines and moving '*/' at
> the end of block comments on a separate line. These issues in block
> comments are reported by checkpatch.pl script.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Khadija Kamran <kamrankhadijadj@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_dm.c | 162 ++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 86 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_dm.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_dm.c
> index 6a33ca02c3dc..a88686be3523 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_dm.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_dm.c
> @@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>  /*++
> -Copyright-c Realtek Semiconductor Corp. All rights reserved.
> -
> -Module Name:
> -	r8192U_dm.c
> -
> -Abstract:
> -	HW dynamic mechanism.
> -
> -Major Change History:
> -	When		Who				What
> -	----------	--------------- -------------------------------
> -	2008-05-14	amy                     create version 0 porting from windows code.
> -
> ---*/
> + * Copyright-c Realtek Semiconductor Corp. All rights reserved.
> + *
> + * Module Name:
> + *	r8192U_dm.c
> + *
> + * Abstract:
> + *	HW dynamic mechanism.
> + *
> + * Major Change History:
> + *	When		Who				What
> + *	----------	--------------- -------------------------------
> + *	2008-05-14	amy                     create version 0 porting from windows code.
> + *
> + *--
> + */
>  #include "r8192U.h"
>  #include "r8192U_dm.h"
>  #include "r8192U_hw.h"
> @@ -147,20 +148,20 @@ void dm_CheckRxAggregation(struct net_device *dev)
>  	unsigned long		curRxOkCnt = 0;
>  
>  /*
> -	if (pHalData->bForcedUsbRxAggr) {
> -		if (pHalData->ForcedUsbRxAggrInfo == 0) {
> -			if (pHalData->bCurrentRxAggrEnable) {
> -				Adapter->HalFunc.HalUsbRxAggrHandler(Adapter, FALSE);
> -			}
> -		} else {
> -			if (!pHalData->bCurrentRxAggrEnable || (pHalData->ForcedUsbRxAggrInfo != pHalData->LastUsbRxAggrInfoSetting)) {
> -				Adapter->HalFunc.HalUsbRxAggrHandler(Adapter, TRUE);
> -			}
> -		}
> -		return;
> -	}
> -
> -*/
> + *	if (pHalData->bForcedUsbRxAggr) {
> + *		if (pHalData->ForcedUsbRxAggrInfo == 0) {
> + *			if (pHalData->bCurrentRxAggrEnable) {
> + *				Adapter->HalFunc.HalUsbRxAggrHandler(Adapter, FALSE);
> + *			}
> + *		} else {
> + *			if (!pHalData->bCurrentRxAggrEnable || (pHalData->ForcedUsbRxAggrInfo != pHalData->LastUsbRxAggrInfoSetting)) {
> + *				Adapter->HalFunc.HalUsbRxAggrHandler(Adapter, TRUE);
> + *			}
> + *		}
> + *		return;
> + *	}
> + *
> + */

Do not reformat things, only to remove them in the last commit in the
series.  Instead, remove the commented out code lines first, and then
fix up any remaining ones, that should make the churn much less.

thanks,

greg k-h