On Wed, 26 Jun 2024, Philipp Hortmann wrote: > On 6/25/24 22:56, Tom Mounet wrote: > > Comply with coding rules defined in checkpatch > > > > Signed-off-by: Tom Mounet <tommounet@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c | 4 ++-- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c > > index e5ca78e57..814eb121c 100644 > > --- a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c > > +++ b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c > > @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ int nvec_write_sync(struct nvec_chip *nvec, > > { > > mutex_lock(&nvec->sync_write_mutex); > > - if (msg != NULL) > > + if (msg) > > *msg = NULL; > > nvec->sync_write_pending = (data[1] << 8) + data[0]; > > @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ int nvec_write_sync(struct nvec_chip *nvec, > > dev_dbg(nvec->dev, "nvec_sync_write: pong!\n"); > > - if (msg != NULL) > > + if (msg) > > *msg = nvec->last_sync_msg; > > else > > nvec_msg_free(nvec, nvec->last_sync_msg); > > > Hi Tom, > > what you change in this patch is fine. But the Description is not so lucky. > Reason is that checkpatch is not defining the coding style. Not at all. > Sometimes checkpatch is even wrong. The description I like would be: > > Use x instead of x != NULL to shorten code. > > or > > Use x instead of x != NULL to improve readability. > > If you send in a second version of this patch please use a change history. > Description from Dan under: > https://staticthinking.wordpress.com/2022/07/27/how-to-send-a-v2-patch/ How about adding "Issue identified by checkpatch"? Checkpatch helped find the problem, so it would be nice to acknowledge that. julia > > Thanks > > Bye Philipp > >