Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix block comments alignment

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 12:23:17AM +0530, karthik alapati wrote:
> fix checkpatch.pl warning for "block comments should align the * on each line"
> 
> Signed-off-by: karthik alapati <mail@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_phycfg.c   | 204 +++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 102 insertions(+), 102 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_phycfg.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_phycfg.c
> index cf23414d7..003f954c2 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_phycfg.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_phycfg.c
> @@ -20,16 +20,16 @@
>  #define MAX_DOZE_WAITING_TIMES_9x 64
>  
>  /**
> -* Function:	phy_CalculateBitShift
> -*
> -* OverView:	Get shifted position of the BitMask
> -*
> -* Input:
> -*		u32 	BitMask,
> -*
> -* Output:	none
> -* Return:		u32 	Return the shift bit bit position of the mask
> -*/
> + * Function:	phy_CalculateBitShift
> + *
> + * OverView:	Get shifted position of the BitMask
> + *
> + * Input:
> + *		u32 	BitMask,
> + *
> + * Output:	none
> + * Return:		u32 	Return the shift bit bit position of the mask
> + */

These huge function comments are not normal kernel coding style anyway,
why not fix them up to use the correct style, don't paper over it and
keep this mess around any longer than it needs to be.

thanks,

greg k-h