Re: [PATCH 18/23] memory: mtk-smi: Add argument to function definition

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 10:50:08AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 9:39 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Fix checkpatch warning:
> >     WARNING: function definition argument 'struct device *' should also have an identifier name
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Is this a bug in checkpatch? I don't see why it should warn about this,
> as there is no function definition here.
> 
> Your change is clearly harmless, but I wonder if we should fix
> checkpatch instead.

Good point. If this were not a warning, I would ignore it. However still
the common practice is to add arguments to such type definitions as it
helps to describe the type.

Best regards,
Krzysztof