Re: [PATCH] staging-next: wlan-ng: resolve checkpatch issues

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 01:03:55AM +0530, Ranjit W wrote:
> fixing following checkpatch warning wherever possible:
> WARNING: line over 80 characters
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ranjit W <programlinuxstuff@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c     | 11 ++++++++---
>  drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x.h      | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
>  drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.c |  3 ++-
>  3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c
> index 178f6f5d4613..8915c9240d1c 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c
> @@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ static int prism2_add_key(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
> 			goto exit;
> 
> 		/* send key to driver */
> -		did = DIDmib_dot11smt_dot11WEPDefaultKeysTable_key(key_index + 1);
> +		did = DIDmib_dot11smt_dot11WEPDefaultKeysTable_key(key_index
> +									+ 1);

Ick, that looks horrible now, don't you think?  checkpatch is a guide,
not a rule-that-must-always-be-followed.

There are other ways to fix this up, look at that horrible function name
for one such way to resolve it.

thanks,

greg k-h