========== checkpatch - FAILED ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible #29: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c:599: + if (eeprom->len > max_len ||$ WARNING: please, no spaces at the start of a line #29: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c:599: + if (eeprom->len > max_len ||$ ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible #30: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c:600: + eeprom->offset > max_len - eeprom->len)$ WARNING: please, no spaces at the start of a line #30: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c:600: + eeprom->offset > max_len - eeprom->len)$ ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible #31: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c:601: + return -EINVAL;$ WARNING: please, no spaces at the start of a line #31: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c:601: + return -EINVAL;$ total: 3 errors, 3 warnings, 0 checks, 9 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 67cf4dca59f9 ("e1000e: fix heap overflow in e1000_set_eeprom()") 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.