Re: [PATCH 2/6] drivers: isdn: act2000: capi.c: fix checkpatch errors

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Sat Feb 07 2015 - 13:02:49 EST


On Sat, 7 Feb 2015, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:

> Hello.
>
> On 02/07/2015 08:06 PM, Bas Peters wrote:
>
> > This patch fixes the following checkpatch errors:
> > 1. trailing statement
> > 1. assignment of variable in if condition
> > 1. incorrectly placed brace after function definition
>
> > Signed-off-by: Bas Peters <baspeters93@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/isdn/act2000/capi.c | 9 ++++++---
> > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/isdn/act2000/capi.c b/drivers/isdn/act2000/capi.c
> > index 3f66ca2..5d677e6 100644
> > --- a/drivers/isdn/act2000/capi.c
> > +++ b/drivers/isdn/act2000/capi.c
> > @@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ actcapi_chkhdr(act2000_card *card, actcapi_msghdr *hdr)
> > m->hdr.cmd.cmd = c; \
> > m->hdr.cmd.subcmd = s; \
> > m->hdr.msgnum = actcapi_nextsmsg(card); \
> > - } else m = NULL; \
> > + } else

It looks like a \ was lost on this line. It should have caused a compiler
error.

julia

> > + m = NULL; \
>
> Documentation/CodingStyle has an extra rule for such case: *else* branch
> should also have {} since *if* branch has {}.
>
> [...]
>
> WNR, Sergei
>
>
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