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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Fix checkpatch false positive due to
 ternary operator break
Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 21:47:16 -0700
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On Fri, 2014-05-09 at 21:41 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: David Ertman <davidx.m.ertman@intel.com>

Hey David.

> Using the intuitive breaking of a ternary operator used in the
> initialization of a variable in its declaration:
> 
> type var = FOO ?
>            BAR :
>            FEE;
[]
> type var = FOO
>            ? BAR
>            : FEE;
> 
> Change checkpatch so that it is checking fot the correct breaking of ternary
> operators used in networking variable declaration/initialization.

There is no "correct" breaking for ternary operators.
Both should be acceptable.