linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: vme_user: Add missing '*' in multiline comments

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Date:   Sun, 3 Sep 2023 21:42:49 +0200
From:   Jonathan Bergh <bergh.jonathan@...il.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: vme_user: Add missing '*' in multiline comments

Yes ... that would be better.

On Sun, Sep 3, 2023 at 4:43 PM Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Sep 03, 2023 at 04:06:17PM +0200, Jonathan Bergh wrote:
> > This patch resolves a warning reported by checkpatch where multiline
> > block comments should use '*' on intermediate lines in order to adhere
> > to the Linux kernel coding-style guidelines.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Bergh <bergh.jonathan@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c
> > index 7c53a8a7b79b..90aaf650524d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c
> > @@ -1010,8 +1010,8 @@ static void fake_free_consistent(struct device *parent, size_t size,
> >  {
> >       kfree(vaddr);
> >  /*
> > -     dma_free_coherent(parent, size, vaddr, dma);
> > -*/
> > + *   dma_free_coherent(parent, size, vaddr, dma);
> > + */
>
> As this code isn't being used, why not just delete it instead?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h