Re: [PATCH] Drivers : edac : checkpatch.pl clean up

[Borislav Petkov]

On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 06:37:48PM +0530, Himanshu Jha wrote:
> Fixed 'no assignment in if condition' coding style issue and removed unnecessary spaces at the start of a line.

Please put a shorter version of your commit message in the patch subject
- "[PATCH] Drivers : edac : checkpatch.pl clean up" is not very telling.

Ironically, if you run your patch through checkpatch, it will tell you so too:

WARNING: A patch subject line should describe the change not the tool that found it
#6: 
Subject: [PATCH] Drivers : edac : checkpatch.pl clean up

which means, after you create a patch, run it through checkpatch too.

Also, the subject format should be:

"EDAC, i82860: ..."

Also, the tense in the commit message should not be past: "Fix 'no
assignment ... and remove ...".

> Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/edac/i82860_edac.c | 11 +++++++----
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/edac/i82860_edac.c b/drivers/edac/i82860_edac.c
> index 236c813..c8c1c4d 100644
> --- a/drivers/edac/i82860_edac.c
> +++ b/drivers/edac/i82860_edac.c
> @@ -282,7 +282,9 @@ static void i82860_remove_one(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>  	if (i82860_pci)
>  		edac_pci_release_generic_ctl(i82860_pci);
>  
> -	if ((mci = edac_mc_del_mc(&pdev->dev)) == NULL)
> +	mci = edac_mc_del_mc(&pdev->dev);
> +

No need for the newline.

There's an unnecessary newline in i82860_init_one() too, you can remove
that one too.

> +	if (mci == NULL)

	if (!mci)

>  		return;
>  
>  	edac_mc_free(mci);
> @@ -312,10 +314,11 @@ static int __init i82860_init(void)
>  
>  	edac_dbg(3, "\n");
>  
> -       /* Ensure that the OPSTATE is set correctly for POLL or NMI */
> -       opstate_init();
> +	/* Ensure that the OPSTATE is set correctly for POLL or NMI */
> +	opstate_init();
>  
> -	if ((pci_rc = pci_register_driver(&i82860_driver)) < 0)
> +	pci_rc = pci_register_driver(&i82860_driver);
> +	if (pci_rc < 0)
>  		goto fail0;
>  
>  	if (!mci_pdev) {
> -- 

Finally, do not linger too long fixing checkpatch issues but try to fix
some real bugs. Enough of those in the kernel :-)

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
--