WARNING: line length of 94 exceeds 80 columns #24: FILE: include/linux/uprobes.h:216: +extern void uprobe_copy_from_page(struct page *page, unsigned long vaddr, void *dst, int len); CHECK: extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files #24: FILE: include/linux/uprobes.h:216: +extern void uprobe_copy_from_page(struct page *page, unsigned long vaddr, void *dst, int len); WARNING: line length of 86 exceeds 80 columns #37: FILE: kernel/events/uprobes.c:252: +void uprobe_copy_from_page(struct page *page, unsigned long vaddr, void *dst, int len) WARNING: line length of 97 exceeds 80 columns #45: FILE: kernel/events/uprobes.c:259: +static void uprobe_copy_to_page(struct page *page, unsigned long vaddr, const void *src, int len) total: 0 errors, 3 warnings, 1 checks, 71 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 1a4e11dbfabc ("uprobes: Make copy_from_page global") 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, 3 warnings, 1 checks, 71 lines checked