[PATCH] staging: Fix spacing between function name and parentheses

From: xerofoify@gmail.com (nick)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging: Fix spacing between function name and parentheses
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 09:44:05 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <54393425.1040409@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAXLKtTZwPQ4sy6B4NmFjehwM6rMQUau-cgCsAKuOXJeAFAkZQ@mail.gmail.com>

Thank you for your help, I'll study the code and see what I can do
about it. Do you have any suggestions of how to fix this checkpatch
warning?
Nick

On 14-10-11 05:53 AM, Kristofer Hallin wrote:
> Even if you use checkpath you _should_ understand what you are changing.
> The output of checkpatch merely there to help.
> 
> In this case you can see that this is a macro just a few lines up in the
> code.
> On 11 Oct 2014 11:46, "Sudip Mukherjee" <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I agree. But in my opinion checkpatch is here to help us fix style
>> problems , but we should not blindly act on checkpatch warnings.
>>
>> thanks
>> sudip
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Peter Senna Tschudin
>> <peter.senna@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I think that, in this case, checkpatch.pl contributed:
>>>
>>> $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f drivers/staging/octeon-usb/octeon-hcd.c
>>> WARNING: space prohibited between function name and open parenthesis '('
>>> #415: FILE: drivers/staging/octeon-usb/octeon-hcd.c:415:
>>> +                       if (c.s.field op (value)) {
>>    \
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Dave Tian <dave.jing.tian@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> Agreed - that is why I mentioned the patch is neither right nor useful:)
>>>>
>>>> -daveti
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 11, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Sudip Mukherjee <
>> sudipm.mukherjee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Dave,
>>>>> It will work. But my point of saying that was  c.s.field ==(value) is
>>>>> again not according to the style.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>> sudip
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Dave Tian <dave.jing.tian@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>> It also works as value is surrounded by (), though I do not think the
>> patch itself is right or useful.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave Tian
>>>>>> dave.jing.tian at gmail.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 11, 2014, at 12:58 PM, Sudip Mukherjee <
>> sudipm.mukherjee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 09:55:48PM -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:
>>>>>>>> Fixes checkpatch coding style warning about unneeded space
>>>>>>>> between function name an parentheses.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>> Untested
>>>>>>>> drivers/staging/octeon-usb/octeon-hcd.c | 2 +-
>>>>>>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon-usb/octeon-hcd.c
>> b/drivers/staging/octeon-usb/octeon-hcd.c
>>>>>>>> index 5f9db4c..bbeb0cc 100644
>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/staging/octeon-usb/octeon-hcd.c
>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/staging/octeon-usb/octeon-hcd.c
>>>>>>>> @@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ struct octeon_hcd {
>>>>>>>>             type c;
>>      \
>>>>>>>>             while (1) {
>>      \
>>>>>>>>                     c.u32 = __cvmx_usb_read_csr32(usb, address);
>>     \
>>>>>>>> -                    if (c.s.field op (value)) {
>>      \
>>>>>>>> +                    if (c.s.field op(value)) {
>>       \
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> have you read the code before modifying it?
>>>>>>> this is not a function.
>>>>>>> have you seen how CVMX_WAIT_FOR_FIELD32 is being called?
>>>>>>> on every call of CVMX_WAIT_FOR_FIELD32 op is the operator "=="
>>>>>>> so when called the macro will be c.s.field == (value).
>>>>>>> if your patch is applied then it will become c.s.field ==(value) ..
>> will that be correct ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thanks
>>>>>>> sudip
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                             result = 0;
>>      \
>>>>>>>>                             break;
>>     \
>>>>>>>>                     } else if (cvmx_get_cycle() > done) {
>>      \
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> 1.9.1
>>>>>>>>
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