On Sun, 7 Jan 2018, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
it does complain when using spaces only ("please, no spaces at the _start_ of a line").
Checkpatch accepts this tab: int map(struct mm_id * mm_idp, unsigned long virt, unsigned long len, int prot, int phys_fd, unsigned long long offset, int done, void **data) and this one: int unlz4(unsigned char *inbuf, long len, long (*fill)(void*, unsigned long), and this combination of tabs and spaces: void sort(void *base, size_t num, size_t size, int (*cmp_func)(const void *, const void *), We have no declarations of identifiers shorter than "map" in the kernel, as yet, as luck would have it. This would be a violation: int eq(long __and_complicated_type parameter_a, long __and_complicated_type parameter_b, Unfortunately I don't have a better style checker to offer. So I won't go on about simplistic rules or the effect of excess tabs on refactoring, readability and re-usability. Suffice it to say that there seems to be room for maintainer discretion.
Do you want to assume maintainership for nubus?
I do intend to take responsibility for any regressions so I might as well assume maintainership too. If future patches continue to go through your tree, and given there are so few committers, it's just a formality, I think.
check your TABs and spaces again
Will comply. Thanks. -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-m68k" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html