Re: [PATCH] alpha/boot: fixes formatting issues in `main.c`

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 01:36:59PM +0530, Anshul wrote:
> Fixed minor formatting issues as per `scripts/checkpatch.pl`
> 
> Six changes to the file and their severity are as follows:
> * [WARNING] Removed unnecessary braces from single statement blocks
> * [ERROR] 5 fixes are to pointer formatting
> * [ERROR] Removed a trailing whitespace
> 
> 6 errors and 1 warning of the previously present 6 errors and 5
> warnings have been fixed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anshul <anshulusr@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/alpha/boot/main.c | 16 ++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/alpha/boot/main.c b/arch/alpha/boot/main.c
> index 22a1cb026..f609c3a83 100644
> --- a/arch/alpha/boot/main.c
> +++ b/arch/alpha/boot/main.c
> @@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
>  #include "ksize.h"
>  
>  extern unsigned long switch_to_osf_pal(unsigned long nr,
> -	struct pcb_struct * pcb_va, struct pcb_struct * pcb_pa,
> -	unsigned long *vptb);
> +				       struct pcb_struct *pcb_va,
> +				       struct pcb_struct *pcb_pa,
> +				       unsigned long *vptb);
>  struct hwrpb_struct *hwrpb = INIT_HWRPB;
>  static struct pcb_struct pcb_va[1];
>  
> @@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ find_pa(unsigned long *vptb, void *ptr)
>  	result <<= 13;
>  	result |= address & 0x1fff;
>  	return (void *) result;
> -}	
> +}
>  
>  /*
>   * This function moves into OSF/1 pal-code, and has a temporary
> @@ -62,8 +63,8 @@ void
>  pal_init(void)
>  {
>  	unsigned long i, rev;
> -	struct percpu_struct * percpu;
> -	struct pcb_struct * pcb_pa;
> +	struct percpu_struct *percpu;
> +	struct pcb_struct *pcb_pa;
>  
>  	/* Create the dummy PCB.  */
>  	pcb_va->ksp = 0;
> @@ -176,11 +177,10 @@ void start_kernel(void)
>  	}
>  
>  	nbytes = callback_getenv(ENV_BOOTED_OSFLAGS, envval, sizeof(envval));
> -	if (nbytes < 0) {
> +	if (nbytes < 0)
>  		nbytes = 0;
> -	}
>  	envval[nbytes] = '\0';
> -	strcpy((char*)ZERO_PGE, envval);
> +	strcpy((char *)ZERO_PGE, envval);
>  
>  	srm_printk(" Ok\nNow booting the kernel\n");
>  	runkernel();
> -- 
> 2.42.0


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