From: Andrew Morton ERROR: "foo * bar" should be "foo *bar" #136: FILE: include/linux/timer.h:38: +void init_timer(struct timer_list * timer); total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 99 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: Harvey Harrison Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- include/linux/timer.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN include/linux/timer.h~remove-fastcall-from-linux-include-checkpatch-fixes include/linux/timer.h --- a/include/linux/timer.h~remove-fastcall-from-linux-include-checkpatch-fixes +++ a/include/linux/timer.h @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ extern struct tvec_base boot_tvec_bases; struct timer_list _name = \ TIMER_INITIALIZER(_function, _expires, _data) -void init_timer(struct timer_list * timer); +void init_timer(struct timer_list *timer); void init_timer_deferrable(struct timer_list *timer); static inline void setup_timer(struct timer_list * timer, _