On Tue, 2024-01-30 at 16:42 +0530, Sneh Shah wrote: > @@ -608,17 +609,38 @@ static int ethqos_configure_sgmii(struct qcom_ethqos *ethqos) > { > int val; > > + struct platform_device *pdev = ethqos->pdev; > + struct net_device *dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); > + struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev); > val = readl(ethqos->mac_base + MAC_CTRL_REG); I'm unsure why checkpatch did not catch the above, but you need to remove the empty line in-between the local variables declaration and you must insert an empty line between the last definition and the first statement. Please also reorder the variables to respect the reverse x-mas tree order, something alike: struct net_device *dev = platform_get_drvdata(ethqos->pdev); struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev); int val; val = readl(ethqos->mac_base + MAC_CTRL_REG); ... Cheers, Paolo