Re: [PATCH v5 2/7] clk: meson: aoclk: refactor common code into dedicated file

From: Jerome Brunet
Date: Tue Apr 17 2018 - 10:15:44 EST


On Tue, 2018-04-17 at 16:16 +0800, Yixun Lan wrote:
> Hi Jerome
>
> On 04/16/18 18:38, Jerome Brunet wrote:
> > > + */
> > > + for (clkid = 0; clkid < data->num_clks; clkid++) {
> > > + data->clks[clkid]->map = regmap;
> > > +
> > > + ret = devm_clk_hw_register(dev, data->hw_data->hws[clkid]);
> > > + if (ret)
> > > + return ret;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + return devm_of_clk_add_hw_provider(dev, of_clk_hw_onecell_get,
> > > + (void *) data->hw_data);
> > > +}
> >
> > Missing new line here. Please run checkpatch and pay attention to git warnings
> > about whitespace errors.
> >
>

Google this if you want, As far as I know the C language requires it and makes
things nice when I cat the file.

Anyway, I don't make those rules, It is just how it is.

>
> I think we actually need to avoid this extra new line, or what's the
> benefits with new line?
>
> and besidesï I didn't see any complaint from checkpatch.pl ..
>
> ./scripts/checkpatch.pl
> 0002-clk-meson-aoclk-refactor-common-code-into-dedicated-.patch
> WARNING: added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?
> #235:
> new file mode 100644
>
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 302 lines checked
>
> NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
> mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or
> --fix-inplace.
>
> 0002-clk-meson-aoclk-refactor-common-code-into-dedicated-.patch has
> style problems, please review.
>
> NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report
> them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
>
>
> Yixun