From: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.gran...@intel.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:03:02 -0800
> +int tap_create_cdev(struct cdev *tap_cdev, > + dev_t *tap_major, const char *device_name) > +{ > + int err; > + > + err = alloc_chrdev_region(tap_major, 0, TAP_NUM_DEVS, device_name); > + > + if (err) > + goto out1; No need to have an empty line between the alloc_chrdev_region() call and the "if (err)" test. > diff --git a/include/linux/if_tap.h b/include/linux/if_tap.h > index d887aaa..a2dfd90 100644 > --- a/include/linux/if_tap.h > +++ b/include/linux/if_tap.h > @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ struct file; > struct socket; > static inline struct socket *tap_get_socket(struct file *f) > { > - return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); > + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); > } Instead of having to fix up the indentation here, get it right in the first place in patch #2.