WARNING: line length of 82 exceeds 80 columns #149: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c:641: +static int ixgbevf_get_pf_link_state(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, ixgbe_link_speed *speed, CHECK: usleep_range is preferred over udelay; see function description of usleep_range() and udelay(). #211: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c:730: + udelay(100); CHECK: Using comparison to false is error prone #290: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c:820: + if (*link_up == false) total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 2 checks, 238 lines checked NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace. Commit bf89210bc0a8 ("ixgbevf: fix getting link speed data for E610 devices") has style problems, please review. NOTE: Ignored message types: ALLOC_SIZEOF_STRUCT BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK CAMELCASE COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE GIT_COMMIT_ID MACRO_ARG_REUSE NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS. total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 2 checks, 238 lines checked