Re: checkpatch: Add test for keywords not starting on tabstops

[Sven Eckelmann]

On Donnerstag, 21. April 2016 12:41:37 CET Joe Perches wrote:
> It's somewhat common and in general a defect for c90 keywords to
> not start on a tabstop.
> 
> Add a test for this condition and warn when it occurs.

This seems to create some new false positives:

    WARNING: Statements should start on a tabstop
    #919: FILE: ./net/batman-adv/sysfs.c:919:
    +                                     char ifname[IFNAMSIZ])
    
    total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 0 checks, 1251 lines checked

The code at this position is:

    /**
     * batadv_store_mesh_iface_finish() - store new hardif mesh_iface state
     * @net_dev: netdevice to add/remove to/from batman-adv soft-interface
     * @ifname: name of soft-interface to modify
     *
     * Changes the parts of the hard+soft interface which can not be modified under
     * sysfs lock (to prevent deadlock situations).
     *
     * Return: 0 on success, 0 < on failure
     */
    static int batadv_store_mesh_iface_finish(struct net_device *net_dev,
    					  char ifname[IFNAMSIZ])
    {
    	struct net *net = dev_net(net_dev);


I know, my mail client is most likely mangling the tabs - so better check
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git/tree/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c?id=72deacce011bde7475c90e6ee7d4c7d28c384873#n918

Problem seems to be the [IFNAMSIZ]

Kind regards,
	Sven

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