linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fixed spacing errors in drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c

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Message-ID: <20250622224327.GY1880847@ZenIV>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 23:43:27 +0100
From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To: Arrsh Khusaria <arrshk01@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fixed spacing errors in drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c

On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 03:50:24AM +0530, Arrsh Khusaria wrote:
> Hi,
> This patch fixes spacing issues in drivers/staging/foo/foo.c,
> such as spacing before parentheses and indentation, to comply with the
> kernel coding style guidelines.
> 
> There are no functional changes.
> 
> This is my first kernel patch. Please let me know if anything needs to be
> improved.

Er...  Trying to compile the result, perhaps?

> Removed unnecessary whitespace and trailing comma inside a function
> parameter list, as reported by checkpatch.pl. No functional changes.

... and not treating the output of checkpatch.pl as unfallible oracle.

Seriously, try to build the resulting tree and see what happens.