Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH]Staging:tty:amiserial:Add space before open parenthesis and fix indent warning.

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 05:37:41PM +0530, Sandhya wrote:
> Add space before open parenthesis of "if" statement and fix indent warning.
> The checkpatch.pl script reported  error and warning.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/amiserial.c b/drivers/tty/amiserial.c
> index 2caaf5a..9a5c584 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/amiserial.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/amiserial.c
> @@ -262,10 +262,10 @@ static void receive_chars(struct serial_state *info)
>  	custom.intreq = IF_RBF;
>  	mb();
>  
> -	if((serdatr & 0x1ff) == 0)
> -	    status |= UART_LSR_BI;
> -	if(serdatr & SDR_OVRUN)
> -	    status |= UART_LSR_OE;
> +	if ((serdatr & 0x1ff) == 0)
> +		status |= UART_LSR_BI;
> +	if (serdatr & SDR_OVRUN)
> +		status |= UART_LSR_OE;
>  
>  	ch = serdatr & 0xff;
>  	icount->rx++;
> 

We can't accept Outreachy application patches outside of the
drivers/staging/ portion of the kernel, sorry.

Also you forgot a signed-off-by: line, please go read the tutorial again
for all of the proper steps needed to create a patch.

thanks,

greg k-h