netdev - Re: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] drivers: net: ethernet: 3com: fix return value

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Date:   Tue, 27 Dec 2016 13:15:02 -0800
From:   David Dillow <dave@...dillows.org>
To:     Thomas Preisner <thomas.preisner+linux@....de>
Cc:     sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...cs.fau.de,
        milan.stephan+linux@....de
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] drivers: net: ethernet: 3com: fix return
 value

On Sun, 2016-12-25 at 01:30 +0100, Thomas Preisner wrote:
> Those spaces were actually left out purposely: The file in question (typhoon.c)
> is missing those spaces between the statements (if, for, while) and the
> following opening bracket pretty much always (except 2-3 times) and we figured
> that it might be better to keep the coding style consistent since this might
> aswell have been intended by the original author.

I'm not sure if we had the rule back then, or if I just missed it.
Either way, we should follow the rules for new code if we can.

I'm not sure it's worth fixing all of the instances -- usually
formatting-only changes are not worth the churn -- but I don't have a
strong opinion on the matter.