Re: [PATCH v2] staging: vt6655: Fix Lines should not end with a '('

[Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@inria.fr>]

On Thu, 20 Oct 2022, Tanju Brunostar wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 11:35 PM Nam Cao <namcaov@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 07:20:11PM +0000, Tanjuate Brunostar wrote:
> > > Code style warnings reported by checkpatch.
> > > Improve the layout of a function header:
> > > Put the first parameter immediately after the '(' and align the other
> > > parameters underneath it.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Tanjuate Brunostar <tanjubrunostar0@gmail.com>
> > >
> > > ---
> > > v2: put static and void on the same line and adjusted the indentation as
> > > suggested by Greg KH
> >
> > I think he meant putting "static" and "void" and also function name on
> > the same line.
> >
> Oh I will do this now. thanks
>
> > Additionally, I think your patch introduces new checkpatch problems. Did
> > you run checkpatch.pl on your patch?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Nam
> >
> Yes I did. the checkpatch says this:
> Alignment should match open parenthesis
> #89: FILE: drivers/staging/vt6655/rxtx.c:89:
> +static void s_vFillRTSHead(struct vnt_private *pDevice,
> +               unsigned char byPktType,
>
> The only way to resolve this would be to add white space which would
> generate another checkpatch problem. how do i fix this please?

You mean that the ( is not at a point that is a precise multiple of the
tab size?  You can put as many tabs as possible and then use spaces
afterwards.

julia