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From: Tomek The Messenger <tomekthemessenger@gmail.com>
To: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org
Subject: linux kernel coding style and checkpatch.pl script
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:36:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAA4NGys4OphSLnyoRE9MN-_yQ5kFykr-NGdRW+RxR02TyYOr+g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)


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Hi
There is checkpatch.pl script where You can check if You wrote code in your
kernel module according to linux kernel style.
However can I ignore warning message?
WARNING: quoted string split across lines
#974: FILE: fpgax67-core.c:974:
+               dev_err(&pdev->dev, "registration not done, driver is
already "
+                                                       "registered\n");

If I don't split line I will have another warning that 80 characters is
exceeded.

For sure I can ignore warnings about:
WARNING: struct  should normally be const
#998: FILE: fpgax67-core.c :998:
+int fpgax67_unregister(struct platform_device *pdev)

For sure all errors must be fixed like:
const char* tmp -> change to -> const char *tmp;
if(  => if (   #insert space

Generally I don't know how much warnings should I correct. If it is
mandatory or only good practise and I can omit some if it doesn't make
sense.

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             reply	other threads:[~2020-03-25  9:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-25  9:36 Tomek The Messenger [this message]
2020-03-25  9:51 ` linux kernel coding style and checkpatch.pl script Greg KH
2020-03-26  4:13 ` Valdis Klētnieks
2020-03-26 11:36   ` Konstantin Andreev
     [not found]   ` <E1jHQrV-0002Zv-Ln@shelob.surriel.com>
2020-03-26 12:06     ` Greg KH
2020-03-26 13:01       ` Konstantin Andreev
     [not found]       ` <E1jHS2D-0004t2-IX@shelob.surriel.com>
2020-03-26 13:17         ` Greg KH
2020-03-26 10:57 ` Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar

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