Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging: dgnc: Fix lines over 80 characters

[Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 11:26:15PM +0300, Cristina Moraru wrote:
> Fix 'line over 80 characters' checkpatch.pl
> warnings
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cristina Moraru <cristina.moraru09@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.h | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.h b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.h
> index c61884c..ce7cd9b 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.h
> @@ -61,7 +61,9 @@
>  #define PORT_NUM(dev)	((dev) & 0x7f)
>  #define IS_PRINT(dev)	(((dev) & 0xff) >= 0x80)
>  
> -/* MAX number of stop characters we will send when our read queue is getting full */
> +/* MAX number of stop characters we will send
> + * when our read queue is getting full
> + */
>  #define MAX_STOPS_SENT 5
>  
>  /* 4 extra for alignment play space */
> @@ -165,12 +167,15 @@ struct dgnc_board {
>  	uint		maxports;	/* MAX ports this board can handle */
>  	unsigned char	dvid;		/* Board specific device id */
>  	unsigned char	vpd[128];	/* VPD of board, if found */
> -	unsigned char	serial_num[20];	/* Serial number of board, if found in VPD */
> +	unsigned char	serial_num[20];	/* Serial number of board,
> +					 * if found in VPD
> +					 */
>  
>  	spinlock_t	bd_lock;	/* Used to protect board */
>  
> -	spinlock_t	bd_intr_lock;	/* Used to protect the poller tasklet and
> -					 * the interrupt routine from each other.
> +	spinlock_t	bd_intr_lock;	/* Used to protect the poller tasklet
> +					 * and the interrupt routine from each
> +					 * other.
>  					 */
This is not the multiline comment style. It should be:

/*
 * Used to protect the poller tasklet
 * and the interrupt routine from each
 * other.
 */

regards
sudip