Re: [PATCH v3] staging: xgifb: correct the multiple line dereference

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sun Feb 26 2017 - 11:13:55 EST


On Sun, 2017-02-26 at 21:23 +0530, Arushi Singhal wrote:
> Error was reported by checkpatch.pl as "Avoid multiple line
> dereference".And If there is boolean operator then it is
> fixed by Splitting line at boolean operator to satisfy coding
> style.
[]
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c b/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c
[]
> @@ -878,30 +878,18 @@ static void XGIfb_post_setmode(struct xgifb_video_info *xgifb_info)
>
[]
> xgifb_reg_set(
> - XGIPART2,
> - 0x37,
> - (XGI_TV_filter[filter_tb].
> - filter[filter][2]));
> + XGIPART2, 0x35, f[0]);
> + xgifb_reg_set(
> + XGIPART2, 0x36, f[1]);
> + xgifb_reg_set(
> + XGIPART2, 0x37, f[2]);

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890

xgifb_reg_set(XGIPART2, 0x37, f[2]);

All of these fit nicely on a single line and you should
submit patches that make the most sense and do not need
revision when reformatting.

Please reformat all instances as above and resubmit.