ERROR: that open brace { should be on the previous line #37: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c:1208: + if (tp->ocp_base == 0xa430 && reg == 0x12) + { if (phyStatus & _1000bpsF) total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 0 checks, 58 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 025c5ce0bc2b ("r8169: add quirk for RTL8116af SerDes") 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.