ERROR: trailing whitespace #39: FILE: net/smc/smc_pnet.c:926: +^I * $ ERROR: trailing whitespace #42: FILE: net/smc/smc_pnet.c:929: +^I * $ ERROR: trailing whitespace #45: FILE: net/smc/smc_pnet.c:932: +^Iif (!ndev) $ WARNING: suspect code indent for conditional statements (8, 8) #45: FILE: net/smc/smc_pnet.c:932: + if (!ndev) + return NULL; ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible #46: FILE: net/smc/smc_pnet.c:933: + return NULL;$ WARNING: please, no spaces at the start of a line #46: FILE: net/smc/smc_pnet.c:933: + return NULL;$ ERROR: trailing whitespace #58: FILE: net/smc/smc_pnet.c:946: +^I$ WARNING: From:/Signed-off-by: email name mismatch: 'From: Abdullah ' != 'Signed-off-by: Abdullah AlSharji ' total: 5 errors, 3 warnings, 0 checks, 28 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. NOTE: Whitespace errors detected. You may wish to use scripts/cleanpatch or scripts/cleanfile Commit ef942e9568a9 ("net/smc: Fix traversal in __pnet_find_base_ndev") 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.