From: Phillip Potter > Sent: 16 February 2022 01:07 > > Where it is possible (without out-of-patch-series-scope large scale > refactoring), correct code to remove checkpatch warnings about lines > that are too long, also correcting operator spacing where appropriate > for these lines as well. These warnings occur mostly due to so many > DBG_88E removals and parentheses tweaks etc. being adjacent to such > long lines, which are therefore included in the resultant diff. ... Somewhere my copy of this seems to have got its tabs deleted. I blame outlook :-) > diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c > index ddc3a2c8aaca..d68611ef22f8 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c > @@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ int nat25_db_handle(struct adapter *priv, struct sk_buff *skb, int method) > if (protocol == ETH_P_IP) { > struct iphdr *iph = (struct iphdr *)(skb->data + ETH_HLEN); > > -if (((unsigned char *)(iph) + (iph->ihl<<2)) >= (skb->data + ETH_HLEN + skb->len)) > +if (((unsigned char *)(iph) + (iph->ihl << 2)) >= (skb->data + ETH_HLEN + skb->len)) You can delete at least three sets of () from that line. > return -1; > > switch (method) { > @@ -451,7 +451,11 @@ int nat25_db_handle(struct adapter *priv, struct sk_buff *skb, int method) > pOldTag = (struct pppoe_tag *)__nat25_find_pppoe_tag(ph, ntohs(PTT_RELAY_SID)); > if (pOldTag) { /* if SID existed, copy old value and delete it */ > old_tag_len = ntohs(pOldTag->tag_len); > -if (old_tag_len+TAG_HDR_LEN+MAGIC_CODE_LEN+RTL_RELAY_TAG_LEN > sizeof(tag_buf)) > +if (old_tag_len + > + TAG_HDR_LEN + > + MAGIC_CODE_LEN + > + RTL_RELAY_TAG_LEN > > + sizeof(tag_buf)) > return -1; That change really doesn't help readability at all. There isn't much point shortening it that much like that, especially since the here is a line that is nearly as long just above. The real fix is to reduce the number of levels of indentation to something sane. I suspect that use of continue, break and return will help. The other line length changes have much the same problem but not as sever. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)