Re: [PATCH] Staging:rtl8712: Style - Removed inline block comment to fix "Statements should start on a tapstop"

[Greg KH]

On Sun, Aug 05, 2018 at 09:41:06PM +0200, Frank Werner-Krippendorf wrote:
> Removed 5 inline comments "/*volatile*/" rtl87x_event.h, to fix
> a coding style issue "Statements should start on a tabstop"
> detected by checkpatch.pl script.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frank Werner-Krippendorf <mail@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_event.h | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_event.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_event.h
> index 5171379..2e59e8e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_event.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_event.h
> @@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ struct event_node {
>  	unsigned char *node;
>  	unsigned char evt_code;
>  	unsigned short evt_sz;
> -	/*volatile*/ int *caller_ff_tail;
> +	int *caller_ff_tail;
>  	int	caller_ff_sz;
>  };
>  
>  struct c2hevent_queue {
> -	/*volatile*/ int	head;
> -	/*volatile*/ int	tail;

Those "volatile" seem to imply that something is needed for these
variables.  Please check to ensure that these are ok to remove in that
there is the proper locking for these types of things.

thanks,

greg k-h