========== checkpatch - FAILED WARNING: Missing commit description - Add an appropriate one WARNING: line length of 92 exceeds 80 columns #21: FILE: net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c:284: + * Helper function that checks if *dev is part of the OIL (Outgoing Interfaces List). WARNING: Block comments should align the * on each line #21: FILE: net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c:284: + /** + * Helper function that checks if *dev is part of the OIL (Outgoing Interfaces List). ERROR: trailing whitespace #39: FILE: net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c:302: +^I$ WARNING: Missing a blank line after declarations #41: FILE: net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c:304: + int minvif = c->mfc_un.res.minvif, maxvif = c->mfc_un.res.maxvif; + if (minvif < 0 || maxvif > 32) ERROR: trailing whitespace #54: FILE: net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c:334: +^I$ ERROR: trailing whitespace #65: FILE: net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c:352: +^I$ total: 3 errors, 4 warnings, 0 checks, 50 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 ac930ff56c20 ("net: ipmr: Fix out-of-bounds access in mr_mfc_uses_dev()") 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.