CHECK: braces {} should be used on all arms of this statement
#68: FILE: net/packet/af_packet.c:2854:
+			if (need_wait && packet_read_pending(&po->tx_ring)) {
[...]
-			continue;
[...]

CHECK: Unbalanced braces around else statement
#79: FILE: net/packet/af_packet.c:2862:
+			} else

total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 2 checks, 40 lines checked

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      mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.

Commit 23cbf540dca8 ("af_packet: fix soft lockup issue caused by tpacket_snd()") 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

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      them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 2 checks, 40 lines checked