Re: [PATCH] kernel: fixed a space coding style issue

From: Jeremiah Mahler
Date: Sun Dec 21 2014 - 03:52:24 EST


Gangadhar,

On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 02:02:02PM +0530, Gangadhar Vukkesala wrote:
> fixed a space coding style issue in pid.c which was found when
> running checkpatch.pl on pid.c
>
> Signed-off-by: Gangadhar Vukkesala <gangs.freelancer@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/pid.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
> index cd36a5e..ad9d780 100644
> --- a/kernel/pid.c
> +++ b/kernel/pid.c
> @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct pid_namespace init_pid_ns = {
> .refcount = ATOMIC_INIT(2),
> },
> .pidmap = {
> - [ 0 ... PIDMAP_ENTRIES-1] = { ATOMIC_INIT(BITS_PER_PAGE), NULL }
> + [0 ... PIDMAP_ENTRIES-1] = { ATOMIC_INIT(BITS_PER_PAGE), NULL }
> },
> .last_pid = 0,
> .nr_hashed = PIDNS_HASH_ADDING,
> @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ void free_pid(struct pid *pid)
> struct upid *upid = pid->numbers + i;
> struct pid_namespace *ns = upid->ns;
> hlist_del_rcu(&upid->pid_chain);
> - switch(--ns->nr_hashed) {
> + switch (--ns->nr_hashed) {
> case 2:
> case 1:
> /* When all that is left in the pid namespace
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>
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It looks reasonable. But keep in mind that white space fixes may be
considered "code churn" [1] in some parts of the kernel. The staging
area is much more welcoming of these sorts of changes.

[1]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/6/10/819

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