From: Andrew Morton ERROR: "foo* bar" should be "foo *bar" #21: FILE: arch/um/sys-i386/tls.c:228: +static int get_tls_entry(struct task_struct* task, struct user_desc *info, total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 44 lines checked Your patch has style problems, please review. If any of these errors are false positives report them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS. Please run checkpatch prior to sending patches Cc: Jeff Dike Cc: Jeff Dike Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- arch/um/sys-i386/tls.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN arch/um/sys-i386/tls.c~uml-get-rid-of-asmlinkage-checkpatch-fixes arch/um/sys-i386/tls.c --- a/arch/um/sys-i386/tls.c~uml-get-rid-of-asmlinkage-checkpatch-fixes +++ a/arch/um/sys-i386/tls.c @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ out: } /* XXX: use do_get_thread_area to read the host value? I'm not at all sure! */ -static int get_tls_entry(struct task_struct* task, struct user_desc *info, +static int get_tls_entry(struct task_struct *task, struct user_desc *info, int idx) { struct thread_struct *t = &task->thread; _