Hi Liam, your patch is almost correct, just a few things need to be fixed. On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 05:50:06PM +0100, Liam Zuiderhoek wrote: > From 214adebf7cf37be941f208124fac9ea6bec0f1d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Liam Zuiderhoek <zuiderhoekl@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:46:59 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] i2c: i2c-core-smbus: fixed a whitespace style issue Why the header file is in the commit log? The title needs to be written in imperative form: "Fix whitespace style issue" instead of "fixed a whitespace..." > Fixing a coding style issue. We have plenty of space in the commit log and you can be more specific on the coding style you are fixing; e.g. "use tabs instead of white spaces for alignment". Please read Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst. > Signed-off-by: Liam Zuiderhoek <zuiderhoekl@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c > index e3b96fc53b5c..6829def15933 100644 > --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c > +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c > @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_smbus_read_byte); > s32 i2c_smbus_write_byte(const struct i2c_client *client, u8 value) > { > return i2c_smbus_xfer(client->adapter, client->addr, client->flags, > - I2C_SMBUS_WRITE, value, I2C_SMBUS_BYTE, NULL); > + I2C_SMBUS_WRITE, value, I2C_SMBUS_BYTE, NULL); Please align everything under the "(": return i2c_smbus_xfer(client->adapter, client->addr, client->flags, I2C_SMBUS_WRITE, value, I2C_SMBUS_BYTE, NULL); That means, use as many tabs as you can, until you need to use spaces to align under the "(". Thanks, Andi