ERROR: trailing whitespace
#40: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/rep.c:91:
+^Imutex_unlock(&priv->mbox.lock); // why mutex_unlock here $

total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 0 checks, 16 lines checked

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Commit ea62d458b4c9 ("net: octeontx2: query on mutex_unlock() usage and WRITE_ONCE omission") has style problems, please review.

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