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Date:   Sun, 16 Jun 2019 06:11:46 -0700
From:   Shobhit Kukreti <shobhitkukreti@gmail.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
        Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: Resolve checkpatch error "that
 open brace { should be on the previous line" in the rtl8723 driver
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On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 01:13:11AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sat, 2019-06-15 at 14:29 -0700, Shobhit Kukreti wrote:
> > Cleaned up the code from the following files to get rid of
> > check patch error "that open brace { should be on the previous line"
> 
> It's fine you are modifying brace styles, but:
> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/mlme_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/mlme_linux.c
> > index aa2499f..4631b68 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/mlme_linux.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/mlme_linux.c
> > @@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ void rtw_os_indicate_connect(struct adapter *adapter)
> >  	struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv = &(adapter->mlmepriv);
> >  
> >  	if ((check_fwstate(pmlmepriv, WIFI_ADHOC_MASTER_STATE) == true) ||
> > -		(check_fwstate(pmlmepriv, WIFI_ADHOC_STATE) == true))
> > -	{
> > +		(check_fwstate(pmlmepriv, WIFI_ADHOC_STATE) == true)) {
> >  		rtw_cfg80211_ibss_indicate_connect(adapter);
> >  	}
> >  	else
> 
> the else should be on the same line as the close brace
> 
> > @@ -106,8 +105,9 @@ void rtw_reset_securitypriv(struct adapter *adapter)
> >  		adapter->securitypriv.ndisencryptstatus = Ndis802_11WEPDisabled;
> >  
> >  	}
> > -	else /* reset values in securitypriv */
> > -	{
> > +	else {
> > +		/* reset values in securitypriv */
> > +
> 
> and here.  etc.  Please change all instances appropriately.
Thank you for the feedback. I intented to do one kind of change in a
patch. This probably would need a patch set. Will edit appropriately. 

Best,
Shobhit Kukreti
> 
>