BUG: checkpatch

[Jaswinder Singh]

[jsr@jaswinder jaswinder-git]$ cat test.c
void test(int i, int j, int k)
{
	printk(KERN_INFO "/* Testing i, j, k */\n");
	printk(KERN_INFO "i: %d j: %d k:%d\n", i, j, k);
}
[jsr@jaswinder jaswinder-git]$ ./linux-2.6/scripts/checkpatch.pl --file test.c
ERROR: spaces required around that ':' (ctx:VxW)
#4: FILE: test.c:4:
+	printk(KERN_INFO "i: %d j: %d k:%d\n", i, j, k);
 	                   ^

ERROR: need consistent spacing around '%' (ctx:WxV)
#4: FILE: test.c:4:
+	printk(KERN_INFO "i: %d j: %d k:%d\n", i, j, k);
 	                     ^

ERROR: spaces required around that ':' (ctx:VxW)
#4: FILE: test.c:4:
+	printk(KERN_INFO "i: %d j: %d k:%d\n", i, j, k);
 	                         ^

ERROR: need consistent spacing around '%' (ctx:WxV)
#4: FILE: test.c:4:
+	printk(KERN_INFO "i: %d j: %d k:%d\n", i, j, k);
 	                           ^

ERROR: spaces required around that ':' (ctx:VxO)
#4: FILE: test.c:4:
+	printk(KERN_INFO "i: %d j: %d k:%d\n", i, j, k);
 	                               ^

total: 5 errors, 0 warnings, 5 lines checked

test.c has style problems, please review.  If any of these errors
are false positives report them to the maintainer, see
CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
[jsr@jaswinder jaswinder-git]$ cat test_working.c 
void test(int i, int j, int k)
{
	printk(KERN_INFO "/* Testing i, j, k * /\n");
	printk(KERN_INFO "i: %d j: %d k:%d\n", i, j, k);
}
[jsr@jaswinder jaswinder-git]$ ./linux-2.6/scripts/checkpatch.pl --file test_working.c 
total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 5 lines checked

test_working.c has no obvious style problems and is ready for submission.
[jsr@jaswinder jaswinder-git]$ diff -uN test.c test_working.c 
--- test.c	2008-08-18 19:38:32.000000000 +0530
+++ test_working.c	2008-08-18 19:38:37.000000000 +0530
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 void test(int i, int j, int k)
 {
-	printk(KERN_INFO "/* Testing i, j, k */\n");
+	printk(KERN_INFO "/* Testing i, j, k * /\n");
 	printk(KERN_INFO "i: %d j: %d k:%d\n", i, j, k);
 }
[jsr@jaswinder jaswinder-git]$ cp test.c test
[jsr@jaswinder jaswinder-git]$ ./linux-2.6/scripts/checkpatch.pl --file test
total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 5 lines checked

test has no obvious style problems and is ready for submission.
[jsr@jaswinder jaswinder-git]$ 



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