Re: [PATCH v2] staging: qlge: remove spaces at the start of a line

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sun Feb 09 2020 - 12:24:45 EST


On Sun, 2020-02-09 at 22:44 +0530, Mohana Datta Yelugoti wrote:
> This patch fixes "WARNING: please, no spaces at the start of a
> line" by checkpatch.pl by replacing spaces with the tab.

> Signed-off-by: Mohana Datta Yelugoti <ymdatta.work@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Hello Mohana.

What changed in the v2?

When you send a new revision of a patch, it's good form to describe
the differences between the patches below the --- line

So here you should write something like

V2: Improved patch description

Also, the form of the code could be rewritten using //
comments while aligning all the options, even those
commented out currently with /* ... */

Something like:

drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
index ef8037..f25cd2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -52,16 +52,22 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);

static const u32 default_msg =
- NETIF_MSG_DRV | NETIF_MSG_PROBE | NETIF_MSG_LINK |
-/* NETIF_MSG_TIMER | */
- NETIF_MSG_IFDOWN |
- NETIF_MSG_IFUP |
- NETIF_MSG_RX_ERR |
- NETIF_MSG_TX_ERR |
-/* NETIF_MSG_TX_QUEUED | */
-/* NETIF_MSG_INTR | NETIF_MSG_TX_DONE | NETIF_MSG_RX_STATUS | */
-/* NETIF_MSG_PKTDATA | */
- NETIF_MSG_HW | NETIF_MSG_WOL | 0;
+ NETIF_MSG_DRV |
+ NETIF_MSG_PROBE |
+ NETIF_MSG_LINK |
+// NETIF_MSG_TIMER |
+ NETIF_MSG_IFDOWN |
+ NETIF_MSG_IFUP |
+ NETIF_MSG_RX_ERR |
+ NETIF_MSG_TX_ERR |
+// NETIF_MSG_TX_QUEUED |
+// NETIF_MSG_INTR |
+// NETIF_MSG_TX_DONE |
+// NETIF_MSG_RX_STATUS |
+// NETIF_MSG_PKTDATA |
+ NETIF_MSG_HW |
+ NETIF_MSG_WOL |
+ 0;

static int debug = -1; /* defaults above */
module_param(debug, int, 0664);

> drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c | 12 ++++++------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
> index ef8037d0b52e..86b9b7314a40 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
> @@ -52,16 +52,16 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
>
> static const u32 default_msg =
> - NETIF_MSG_DRV | NETIF_MSG_PROBE | NETIF_MSG_LINK |
> + NETIF_MSG_DRV | NETIF_MSG_PROBE | NETIF_MSG_LINK |
> /* NETIF_MSG_TIMER | */
> - NETIF_MSG_IFDOWN |
> - NETIF_MSG_IFUP |
> - NETIF_MSG_RX_ERR |
> - NETIF_MSG_TX_ERR |
> + NETIF_MSG_IFDOWN |
> + NETIF_MSG_IFUP |
> + NETIF_MSG_RX_ERR |
> + NETIF_MSG_TX_ERR |
> /* NETIF_MSG_TX_QUEUED | */
> /* NETIF_MSG_INTR | NETIF_MSG_TX_DONE | NETIF_MSG_RX_STATUS | */
> /* NETIF_MSG_PKTDATA | */
> - NETIF_MSG_HW | NETIF_MSG_WOL | 0;
> + NETIF_MSG_HW | NETIF_MSG_WOL | 0;


>
> static int debug = -1; /* defaults above */
> module_param(debug, int, 0664);