Having the '*' in the next line separated from the type makes it hard to see that these functions return a pointer to that type. Instead, keep it next to the type name so it is clear that it is a pointer to that type. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/include/media/dvbdev.h b/include/media/dvbdev.h index 551325858de3..47490c37b7d3 100644 --- a/include/media/dvbdev.h +++ b/include/media/dvbdev.h @@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ static inline void dvb_register_media_controller(struct dvb_adapter *adap, * * @adap: pointer to &struct dvb_adapter */ -static inline struct media_device -*dvb_get_media_controller(struct dvb_adapter *adap) +static inline struct media_device * +dvb_get_media_controller(struct dvb_adapter *adap) { return adap->mdev; }