Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: Fix Comparison with constant warning.

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Sat, Feb 06, 2016 at 08:53:57AM -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 02/06/2016 08:41 AM, Pinkesh Badjatiya wrote:
> >Fix Comparisons with constant on the left side of the test.
> >Checkpatch.pl warning.
> >--
> >WARNING: Comparisons should place the constant on the right side of the
> >test
> >296: FILE: ./rtl8712_cmd.c:296:
> >	while ((0 != r8712_read32(pAdapter, IOCMD_CTRL_REG)) &&
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Pinkesh Badjatiya <pinkeshbadjatiya@xxxxxxxxx>
> >---
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_cmd.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> This is another case where the writers of checkpatch are forcing their ideas
> of style on the whole world. The problem is that if I reject your patch, it
> will be submitted by someone else. Thus, reluctantly
> 
> Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Well, the general kernel coding style is to put constants on the right
hand of the expression, so it is good to have it this way...

thanks,

greg k-h