From: Andrew Morton ERROR: "foo * bar" should be "foo *bar" #30: FILE: fs/freevxfs/vxfs_extern.h:61: +extern struct inode * vxfs_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long); ERROR: use tabs not spaces #68: FILE: fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c:183: + vip = __vxfs_iget(ino, VXFS_SBI(sbp)->vsi_stilist);$ total: 2 errors, 0 warnings, 139 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: Christoph Hellwig Cc: David Howells Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c~iget-stop-freevxfs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-checkpatch-fixes fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c --- a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c~iget-stop-freevxfs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-checkpatch-fixes +++ a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ vxfs_stiget(struct super_block *sbp, ino { struct vxfs_inode_info *vip; - vip = __vxfs_iget(ino, VXFS_SBI(sbp)->vsi_stilist); + vip = __vxfs_iget(ino, VXFS_SBI(sbp)->vsi_stilist); return IS_ERR(vip) ? NULL : vip; } _