Patches need to be sent inline. Perhaps use git send-email. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 01:06:44AM -0300, Nicolas Del Piano wrote: > > >From 38e0d5778bd97062115e7d8a8ca40d18f3d71707 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Nicolas Del Piano <ndel314@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:46:49 -0300 > Subject: [PATCH] Staging: comedi: drivers: fixed a missing blank line after a > declaration coding style. > We don't want these headers in the patch. > Fixed a coding style issue. > > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Del Piano <ndel314@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c > index cb5d214..71569bc 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c > @@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ static void *comedi_recognize(struct comedi_driver *driv, const char *name) > static void comedi_report_boards(struct comedi_driver *driv) > { > unsigned int i; > + > const char *const *name_ptr; The original code was correct. This is a bug in checkpatch.pl. The missing line check should count any lines starting with "const" or "static" as declarations. regards, dan carpenter _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel