Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH v2] staging: media: atomisp: pci: Change line break to avoid an open parenthesis at the end of the line

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Thu Apr 15 2021 - 15:57:46 EST


On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 10:49:55PM +0300, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 06:14:09PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 02:08:19PM -0300, Aline Santana Cordeiro wrote:
> > > -const struct atomisp_format_bridge *get_atomisp_format_bridge_from_mbus(
> > > - u32 mbus_code);
> > > +const struct atomisp_format_bridge*
> > > +get_atomisp_format_bridge_from_mbus(u32 mbus_code);
> >
> > No, this does not match coding style. Probably best to break the
> > 80-column guideline in this instance. Best would be to have a function
>
> Having the return type on the previous line is perfectly fine. There should
> be a space before the asterisk though.

No, it's not. Linus has ranted about that before.