Re: [PATCH] Staging: ced1401: fix coding style in ced_ioc.c

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Mon Jan 13 2014 - 16:44:58 EST


On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 09:35:53PM +0000, Mark Einon wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 08:41:40PM +0100, Pol Eyschen wrote:
> > From: Pol Eyschen <poleyschen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > All comments fixed to match the kernel coding style.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pol Eyschen <poleyschen@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> This patch doesn't apply to my staging-next branch. Are you making your
> changes to the staging-next branch of
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git?
>
> > drivers/staging/ced1401/ced_ioc.c | 382 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> > 1 file changed, 249 insertions(+), 133 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/ced1401/ced_ioc.c b/drivers/staging/ced1401/ced_ioc.c
> > index 62efd74..e5172cb 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/ced1401/ced_ioc.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/ced1401/ced_ioc.c
> > @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ static void FlushOutBuff(DEVICE_EXTENSION *pdx)
> > {
> > dev_dbg(&pdx->interface->dev, "%s currentState=%d", __func__,
> > pdx->sCurrentState);
> > - if (pdx->sCurrentState == U14ERR_TIME) /* Do nothing if hardware in trouble */
> > + if (pdx->sCurrentState == U14ERR_TIME)
> > + /* Do nothing if hardware in trouble */
> > return;
>
> Putting a comment after a single line 'if' and before the statement is
> not the norm and can be confusing. Please don't do it.
>

The guideline is that multi-line indents should get {} braces for
readability even though they aren't needed for syntax.

if (pdx->sCurrentState == U14ERR_TIME) {
/* Do nothing if hardware in trouble */
return;
}

regards,
dan carpenter

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