Re: [PATCH] Fixing coding style. Signed-off-by: amritapatole@gmail.com

Re: [PATCH] Fixing coding style. Signed-off-by: amritapatole@gmail.com

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Jan 02, 2020 at 12:59:29PM +0530, Amrita Patole wrote:
> From: Amrita Patole <amritapatole@gmail.com>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_mpi.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_mpi.c b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
> index 9e422bbbb6ab..f63db2c79fac 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
> @@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ static int ql_get_mb_sts(struct ql_adapter *qdev, struct mbox_params *mbcp)
>  		    ql_read_mpi_reg(qdev, qdev->mailbox_out + i,
>  				     &mbcp->mbox_out[i]);
>  		if (status) {
> -			netif_err(qdev, drv, qdev->ndev, "Failed mailbox read.\n");
> +			netif_err(qdev, drv, qdev->ndev,
> +                                  "Failed mailbox read. \n");
>  			break;
>  		}
>  	}
> -- 
> 2.20.1

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Re: [PATCH] Fixing coding style. Signed-off-by: amritapatole@gmail.com

[Dan Carpenter]

On Thu, Jan 02, 2020 at 12:16:53PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 02, 2020 at 12:59:29PM +0530, Amrita Patole wrote:
> > From: Amrita Patole <amritapatole@gmail.com>
> > 
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_mpi.c | 3 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_mpi.c b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
> > index 9e422bbbb6ab..f63db2c79fac 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
> > @@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ static int ql_get_mb_sts(struct ql_adapter *qdev, struct mbox_params *mbcp)
> >  		    ql_read_mpi_reg(qdev, qdev->mailbox_out + i,
> >  				     &mbcp->mbox_out[i]);
> >  		if (status) {
> > -			netif_err(qdev, drv, qdev->ndev, "Failed mailbox read.\n");
> > +			netif_err(qdev, drv, qdev->ndev,
> > +                                  "Failed mailbox read. \n");


			netif_err(qdev, drv, qdev->ndev,
                                  "Failed mailbox read. \n");
				  "Failed mailbox read. \n");


I'm pretty sure this will introduce a couplee new checkpatch warnings...
It should be indented:
[tab][tab][tab][tab][space][space]"Failed mailbox read.\n");

No space after the period, please.

regards,
dan carpenter