CHECK: Please don't use multiple blank lines #37: FILE: drivers/infiniband/hw/bng_re/bng_dev.c:45: + CHECK: Alignment should match open parenthesis #108: FILE: drivers/infiniband/hw/bng_re/bng_dev.c:116: + bng_re_fill_fw_msg(&fw_msg, (void *)&ver_get_req, sizeof(ver_get_req), + (void *)&ver_get_resp, sizeof(ver_get_resp), CHECK: Alignment should match open parenthesis #138: FILE: drivers/infiniband/hw/bng_re/bng_dev.c:146: + ibdev_err(&rdev->ibdev, + "Failed to register with netedev: %#x\n", rc); WARNING: added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating? #236: new file mode 100644 total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 3 checks, 218 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 a4ab40188093 ("RDMA/bng_re: Register and get the resources from bnge driver") 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. total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 3 checks, 218 lines checked