ERROR: space required before the open parenthesis '(' #109: FILE: drivers/net/veth.c:388: + switch(ret) { WARNING: Prefer using '"%s...", __func__' to using 'veth_xmit', this function's name, in a string #138: FILE: drivers/net/veth.c:416: + net_crit_ratelimited("veth_xmit(%s): Invalid return code(%d)", total: 1 errors, 1 warnings, 0 checks, 108 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 cea5a055e057 ("veth: apply qdisc backpressure on full ptr_ring to reduce TX drops") 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.