Re: [PATCH 5/5] rtl8712: replace leading spaces with tab

From: Joe Perches
Date: Mon Dec 10 2012 - 06:49:35 EST


On Mon, 2012-12-10 at 12:46 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 10:15:10AM +0000, Przemo Firszt wrote:
> > Replace leading spaces with tab
[]
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
[]
> > static int r871x_set_wpa_ie(struct _adapter *padapter, char *pie,
> > - unsigned short ielen)
> > + unsigned short ielen)
>
> The original version is better because it lines up correctly.
>
> Checkpatch doesn't complain for me so I'm not sure what the story is
> here.

Parenthesis alignment isn't described in CodingStyle.
It's maintainer's preference. Whether or not it should
be is a different question.

checkpatch parenthesis alignment of arguments checks are
emitted only when adding --strict to the command line.


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