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

[Dan Carpenter]

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,

Why is this on a different line??

> + *
> + * Output:	none
> + * Return:		u32 	Return the shift bit bit position of the mask

The "u32" is indented more than the "none".  "bit bit" is probably a
typo?

> + */
>  static	u32 phy_CalculateBitShift(u32 BitMask)
>  {
>  	u32 i;

There is a proper kernel-doc style that function comments are supposed
to use.  https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/doc-guide/kernel-doc.html

./scripts/kernel-doc -v -none drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_phycfg.c

regards,
dan carpenter