Replace commas with semicolons. Commas introduce unnecessary variability in the code structure and are hard to see. What is done is essentially described by the following Coccinelle semantic patch (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/): // <smpl> @@ expression e1,e2; @@ e1 -, +; e2 ... when any // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c index 16148802dabb..ca20b806e82d 100644 --- a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c +++ b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c @@ -3934,8 +3934,10 @@ static void osprey_eeprom(struct bttv *btv, const u8 ee[256]) if (checksum != ee[21]) return; cardid = BTTV_BOARD_OSPREY1x0_848; - for (i = 12; i < 21; i++) - serial *= 10, serial += ee[i] - '0'; + for (i = 12; i < 21; i++) { + serial *= 10; + serial += ee[i] - '0'; + } } } else { unsigned short type;