From: Andrew Morton ERROR: space required before the open parenthesis '(' #127: FILE: drivers/memstick/host/jmb38x_ms.c:663: + switch(param) { total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 199 lines checked ./patches/memstick-allow-set_param-method-to-return-an-error-code.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: Alex Dubov Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/memstick/host/jmb38x_ms.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/memstick/host/jmb38x_ms.c~memstick-allow-set_param-method-to-return-an-error-code-checkpatch-fixes drivers/memstick/host/jmb38x_ms.c --- a/drivers/memstick/host/jmb38x_ms.c~memstick-allow-set_param-method-to-return-an-error-code-checkpatch-fixes +++ a/drivers/memstick/host/jmb38x_ms.c @@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ static int jmb38x_ms_set_param(struct me unsigned int clock_ctl = CLOCK_CONTROL_40MHZ, clock_delay = 0; int rc = 0; - switch(param) { + switch (param) { case MEMSTICK_POWER: if (value == MEMSTICK_POWER_ON) { rc = jmb38x_ms_reset(host); _