Re: [PATCH] Staging:rtl8192e: fix comments style issue inr8180_93cx6.c This is a patch to the r8180_93cx6.c file that fixes up thecomments styling issues found by the checkpatch.pl tool Signed-off-by: TimSchofield <tim@weberpafrica.com>

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 06:31:51PM +0100, Florian Mickler wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:05:47 -0800
> Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 04:35:16PM +0000, tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > From: Tim Schofield <tim.schofield1960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8180_93cx6.c |   22 ++++++++++++++--------
> > >  1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8180_93cx6.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8180_93cx6.c
> > > index 262ed5f..60fba80 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8180_93cx6.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8180_93cx6.c
> > > @@ -23,12 +23,14 @@
> > >  static void eprom_cs(struct net_device *dev, short bit)
> > >  {
> > >  	if (bit)
> > > +		/* enable EPROM */
> > >  		write_nic_byte(dev, EPROM_CMD,
> > >  			       (1<<EPROM_CS_SHIFT) | \
> > > -			       read_nic_byte(dev, EPROM_CMD)); //enable EPROM
> > > +			       read_nic_byte(dev, EPROM_CMD));
> > >  	else
> > > +		/* disable EPROM */
> > >  		write_nic_byte(dev, EPROM_CMD, read_nic_byte(dev, EPROM_CMD)\
> > > -			       &~(1<<EPROM_CS_SHIFT)); //disable EPROM
> > > +			       &~(1<<EPROM_CS_SHIFT));
> > 
> > This does not do what you think it does (hint, you need {} if you want
> > to have more than one line in an if statement...)
> > 
> > Can you always verify that your coding style changes do not actually
> > break the code?  A simple comparison of the .ko file before and after
> > should be sufficient.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> hm... no.. seems to be correct... the comment get's ignored. But I
> agree that {} would be nicer to the eye...

wow, you are right, I just tested it out, learn something new every day.

But we should add braces...

thanks,

greg k-h
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