Re: [PATCH] Fixed[ERROR:trailing whitespace and braces around scalar initializer]

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Thu Oct 27 2022 - 03:56:52 EST


On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 07:14:34PM +0200, Nam Cao wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 04:28:38PM +0300, UMWARI JOVIAL wrote:
> > Using the checkpatch.pl script, found the below errors and fixed
> > ERROR: trailing whitespace
> > CHECK: Please don't use multiple blank lines
> > warning: braces around scalar initializer
> >
> > Signed-off-by: UMWARI JOVIAL <umwarijovial@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c | 2 --
> > 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c b/drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c
> > index 7a5f80e637a0..28259ce05024 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c
> > @@ -987,7 +987,6 @@ static int rcar_gen2_enable(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > writel(0x04, dev->io_base + 0x600);
> > }
> >
> > -
> > /* BBCR = 0b11 */
> > writel(0x03, dev->io_base + 0x500);
> > writel(0x0002FF02, dev->io_base + 0x508);
> > @@ -1084,7 +1083,6 @@ static const struct of_device_id dim2_of_match[] = {
> > {
> > .compatible = "xlnx,axi4-os62420_6pin-1.00.a",
> > },
> > - {},
>
> I'm no expert, but this looks like a null terminator and probably
> should not be removed.

You're absolutely correct. Also I tried to see why checkpatch.pl was
printing an error for this but it doesn't print an error for me.

regards,
dan carpenter