Checkpatch Patches

[nick]

On 14-09-16 09:06 AM, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 08:44:27AM -0400, nick wrote:
>> I am attaching two check patch patches I wrote in the last few days as I am unable to get a reply 
>> from the maintainers. Would someone please send them off for me.
>> Thanks,
>> Nick 
> 
>> >From 7bf4229fa2f9c4fcf3243bc738c74bfdc58a6594 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify at gmail.com>
>> Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 11:53:24 -0400
>> Subject: [PATCH] staging wlan-ng: Add missing a blank line after declarations
>>
>> Fixing trivial checkpatch warnings about missing line after
>> declarations.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify at gmail.com>
>> ---
>> Tested by compilation only.
>>  drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x.h | 3 +++
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x.h b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x.h
>> index 1f2c78c..20d146b 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x.h
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x.h
>> @@ -1376,6 +1376,7 @@ int hfa384x_drvr_setconfig(hfa384x_t *hw, u16 rid, void *buf, u16 len);
>>  static inline int hfa384x_drvr_getconfig16(hfa384x_t *hw, u16 rid, void *val)
>>  {
>>  	int result = 0;
>> +
>>  	result = hfa384x_drvr_getconfig(hw, rid, val, sizeof(u16));
>>  	if (result == 0)
>>  		*((u16 *) val) = le16_to_cpu(*((u16 *) val));
>> @@ -1385,6 +1386,7 @@ static inline int hfa384x_drvr_getconfig16(hfa384x_t *hw, u16 rid, void *val)
>>  static inline int hfa384x_drvr_setconfig16(hfa384x_t *hw, u16 rid, u16 val)
>>  {
>>  	u16 value = cpu_to_le16(val);
>> +
>>  	return hfa384x_drvr_setconfig(hw, rid, &value, sizeof(value));
>>  }
>> @@ -1402,6 +1404,7 @@ static inline int
>>  hfa384x_drvr_setconfig16_async(hfa384x_t *hw, u16 rid, u16 val)
>>  {
>>  	u16 value = cpu_to_le16(val);
>> +
>>  	return hfa384x_drvr_setconfig_async(hw, rid, &value, sizeof(value),
>>  					    NULL, NULL);
>>  }
>> 1.9.1
>>
> 
>> >From 5eb3de22f0760ece1e838d48c8dd9148b4331cdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify at gmail.com>
>> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:07:24 -0400
>> Subject: [PATCH] staging netlogic: Fix checkpatch errors in xlr_net.c
>>
>> This removes the checkpatch errors related to a needed line below
>> declaration of a struct and another about a non nessary printk
>> message about a NULL allocated skb due to the function returning
>> NULL to the caller of the function and the printk no longer being'
>> used or needed by any callers.
>>
> 
> spelling mistakes  
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c | 5 ++---
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c b/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c
>> index 9bf407d..28a42831 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c
>> @@ -142,10 +142,8 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *xlr_alloc_skb(void)
>>  
>>  	/* skb->data is cache aligned */
>>  	skb = alloc_skb(XLR_RX_BUF_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
>> -	if (!skb) {
>> -		pr_err("SKB allocation failed\n");
> 
> why the error message was removed ? 
> 	
> 
>> +	if (!skb)
>>  		return NULL;
>> -	}
>>  	mac_put_skb_back_ptr(skb);
>>  	return skb;
>>  }
>> @@ -1104,6 +1102,7 @@ err_gmac:
>>  static int xlr_net_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>  {
>>  	struct xlr_net_priv *priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>> +
>>  	unregister_netdev(priv->ndev);
>>  	mdiobus_unregister(priv->mii_bus);
>>  	mdiobus_free(priv->mii_bus);
>> -- 
>> 1.9.1
>>
> 
> ohhh .. yeah .. and both the patch failed when i tried to apply them to next-20140916
> 
> 
> why are we wasting our time for your patches , which are bound to have some problem ????
> 
> thanks
> sudip
> 
> 
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> 
I tried these on Greg's tree of staging-next and they worked for me.
Nick