Subject: Re: [PATCH] isdn: hysdn: Fix error spaces around '*'

From: Greg KH <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2019 08:32:46 +0200

On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 07:56:02PM +0000, Jose Carlos Cazarin Filho wrote:
> Fix checkpath error:
> CHECK: spaces preferred around that '*' (ctx:WxV)
> +extern hysdn_card *card_root;        /* pointer to first card */
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jose Carlos Cazarin Filho <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  Hello all!
>  This is my first commit to the Linux Kernel, I'm doing this to learn and be able
>  to contribute more in the future
>  Peace all! 
> 
>  drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_defs.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_defs.h b/drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_defs.h
> index cdac46a21..f20150d62 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_defs.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_defs.h
> @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ typedef struct hycapictrl_info hycapictrl_info;
>  /*****************/
>  /* exported vars */
>  /*****************/
> -extern hysdn_card *card_root;	/* pointer to first card */
> +extern hysdn_card * card_root;	/* pointer to first card */

The original code here is correct, checkpatch must be reporting this
incorrectly.

thanks,

greg k-h