[PATCH v5 0/10] staging: gdm72xx: Code cleanup

Michalis Pappas mpappas at fastmail.fm
Fri May 9 10:05:31 UTC 2014


On 04/29/2014 10:03 AM, Michalis Pappas wrote:
> Ok, I generated a new patchset based on running checkpatch.pl with the
> --strict option, as well as any recommendations made earlier on this thread.
> 
> From the following patches, both 8/10 and 9/10 involve whitespace fixes:
> the former fixes issues reported by checkpatch.pl while the latter is
> mostly indentation stuff found by inspecting the code, stray tabs etc. I
> am sending them as separate patches in case one wants to keep only one
> of them.
> 
> After applying the patches, the following issues are still reported by
> checkpatch.pl. My comments follow:
> 
> ERROR: Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parenthesis
> #34: FILE: usb_ids.h:34:
> +#define USB_DEVICE_BOOTLOADER(vid, pid)	\
> +	{USB_DEVICE((vid), ((pid)&BL_PID_MASK)|B_DOWNLOAD)},	\
> +	{USB_DEVICE((vid), ((pid)&BL_PID_MASK)|B_DOWNLOAD|B_DIFF_DL_DRV)}
> 
> We agreed on that one already.
> 
> WARNING:LONG_LINE: line over 80 characters
> 
> This comes out in cases where I slightly bent the 80 chars rule to
> improve readability. Should anyone complain that it doesn't fit their
> terminal I promise I'll revert it back ;)
> 
> WARNING: unchecked sscanf return value
> #295: FILE: gdm_wimax.c:295:
> +		sscanf(e->dev->name, "wm%d", &idx);
> 
> From my understanding this should be ok. The value stored in e->dev>name
> is generated by __dev_alloc_name which does all the necessary checks for
> user supplied input etc, so it should be considered as a trusted value.
> 
> WARNING:SPACING: Missing a blank line after declarations
> 
> This is a false positive, as it refers to pointer-to-function
> declarations withing structures.
> 
> CHECK:BRACES: Blank lines aren't necessary after an open brace '{'
> 
> I found it to be more readable the way it was, so I didn't touch it.
> 
> CHECK:UNCOMMENTED_DEFINITION: spinlock_t definition without comment
> 
> I am not sure what the locks are used for so I am unable to write a
> comment on these.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -Michalis
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Updates from v4:

* Fixed message subjects
* Improved commit messages
* Added forgotten signed-of-by's

Thanks,

-Michalis


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