netdev - Re: [Linux-zigbee-devel] [PATCH net-next v3] 6lowpan: mac802154: fix coding style issues

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Date:	Tue, 01 Jul 2014 21:40:16 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:	Varka Bhadram <varkabhadram@...il.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Varka Bhadram <varkab@...c.in>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-zigbee-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Linux-zigbee-devel] [PATCH net-next v3] 6lowpan: mac802154:
 fix coding style issues

On Tue, 2014-07-01 at 21:20 -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 2014-07-01 20:31 GMT-07:00 Varka Bhadram <varkabhadram@...il.com>:
> > This patch fixed the coding style issues reported by checkpatch.pl
> >
> > following issues fixed:
> >         CHECK: Alignment should match open parenthesis
> 
> It seems to me like checkpatch.pl should have a special case for
> networking code and that specific condition because fixing things to
> make checkpatch.pl happy seems not to agree with the general coding
> style recommended and enforced in the networking code.

In networking (net/ and drivers/net) alignment of multiline statements
_should_ align to the open parenthesis and checkpatch already has a
specific check for those directories.

> I just saw that new warning added popping up on a bunch of drivers
> that were properly fixed to match the networking coding style before
> submission.

Is there anything you want changed in checkpatch?
If so, why?

cheers, Joe

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