Re: [PATCH] /linux/netdevice.h: Fix checkpatch.pl comment warning

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Sun Nov 17 2019 - 14:02:52 EST


Te subject line does not look correct. See what other people have done
for this file.

On Sun, 17 Nov 2019, Travis Davies wrote:

> Fix checkpatch Warning:
> '...netdevice.h:100: WARNING: Block comments use a trailing */ on a separate line'

Say what you do and why, and not just Fix X.

julia

> Signed-off-by: Travis Davies <tdavies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> include/linux/netdevice.h | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> index c20f190b4c18..a2605e043fa2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
> +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> @@ -95,9 +95,11 @@ void netdev_set_default_ethtool_ops(struct net_device *dev,
> #define NET_XMIT_CN 0x02 /* congestion notification */
> #define NET_XMIT_MASK 0x0f /* qdisc flags in net/sch_generic.h */
>
> -/* NET_XMIT_CN is special. It does not guarantee that this packet is lost. It
> +/*
> + * NET_XMIT_CN is special. It does not guarantee that this packet is lost. It
> * indicates that the device will soon be dropping packets, or already drops
> - * some packets of the same priority; prompting us to send less aggressively. */
> + * some packets of the same priority; prompting us to send less aggressively.
> + */
> #define net_xmit_eval(e) ((e) == NET_XMIT_CN ? 0 : (e))
> #define net_xmit_errno(e) ((e) != NET_XMIT_CN ? -ENOBUFS : 0)
>
> --
> 2.21.0
>
>