Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: audio: add missing newline to sysfs_emit formats
From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Sat Jun 13 2026 - 02:17:21 EST
On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 09:15:08AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2026 at 06:49:05PM -0700, Brock Haftner wrote:
> > The sysfs_emit() function is used to format strings that are returned
> > to userspace. According to the sysfs documentation, these outputs
> > should include a newline character for visual clarity.
> >
> > Fix the checkpatch.pl warnings by adding the missing '\n' to the
> > sysfs_emit() format strings inside several functions.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Brock Haftner <brockhaftner@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Please don't do this for existing code, only for new code. There
> is a risck that user space relies on the old behavior.
We should delete this checkpatch warning really. It could be a
sashiko rule which only applies for patches which introduce new
functions or something.
regards,
dan carpenter