[PATCH] staging: rtl8188eu: Align block comments

Greg KH gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Thu Feb 18 17:47:36 UTC 2021


On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 10:50:43PM +0530, Suryashankar Das wrote:
> This patch fixes the checkpatch.pl warnings:
> WARNING: Block comments use * on subsequent lines
> WARNING: Block comments should align the * on each line
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suryashankar Das <suryashankardas.2002 at gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_security.c | 82 +++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_security.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_security.c
> index 46ba55a8952a..73b78740093b 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_security.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_security.c
> @@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ static __le32 getcrc32(u8 *buf, int len)
>  }
>  
>  /*
> -	Need to consider the fragment  situation
> -*/
> + *	Need to consider the fragment  situation
> + */
>  void rtw_wep_encrypt(struct adapter *padapter, struct xmit_frame *pxmitframe)
>  {
>  	int	curfragnum, length;
> @@ -465,23 +465,23 @@ static const unsigned short Sbox1[2][256] = {  /* Sbox for hash (can be in ROM)
>    }
>  };
>  
> - /*
> -**********************************************************************
> -* Routine: Phase 1 -- generate P1K, given TA, TK, IV32
> -*
> -* Inputs:
> -*     tk[]      = temporal key			 [128 bits]
> -*     ta[]      = transmitter's MAC address	    [ 48 bits]
> -*     iv32      = upper 32 bits of IV		  [ 32 bits]
> -* Output:
> -*     p1k[]     = Phase 1 key			  [ 80 bits]
> -*
> -* Note:
> -*     This function only needs to be called every 2**16 packets,
> -*     although in theory it could be called every packet.
> -*
> -**********************************************************************
> -*/
> +/*
> + **********************************************************************
> + * Routine: Phase 1 -- generate P1K, given TA, TK, IV32
> + *
> + * Inputs:
> + *     tk[]      = temporal key			 [128 bits]
> + *     ta[]      = transmitter's MAC address	    [ 48 bits]
> + *     iv32      = upper 32 bits of IV		  [ 32 bits]
> + * Output:
> + *     p1k[]     = Phase 1 key			  [ 80 bits]
> + *
> + * Note:
> + *     This function only needs to be called every 2**16 packets,
> + *     although in theory it could be called every packet.
> + *
> + **********************************************************************
> + */

For these, please convert them to the kerneldoc format, don't create a
custom one as that's not needed and would only require someone else to
go back and fix it up again.

thanks,

greg k-h


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