CHECK: No space is necessary after a cast #430: FILE: net/ethtool/netlink.c:1413: + .maxattr = ARRAY_SIZE(ethnl_loopback_get_policy) - 1, CHECK: No space is necessary after a cast #437: FILE: net/ethtool/netlink.c:1420: + .maxattr = ARRAY_SIZE(ethnl_loopback_set_policy) - 1, WARNING: line length of 85 exceeds 80 columns #458: FILE: net/ethtool/netlink.h:530: +extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_loopback_get_policy[ETHTOOL_A_LOOPBACK_MAX + 1]; WARNING: line length of 85 exceeds 80 columns #459: FILE: net/ethtool/netlink.h:531: +extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_loopback_set_policy[ETHTOOL_A_LOOPBACK_MAX + 1]; total: 0 errors, 2 warnings, 2 checks, 410 lines checked NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace. Commit 65fa4da05823 ("ethtool: Add loopback GET/SET netlink implementation") has style problems, please review. NOTE: Ignored message types: ALLOC_SIZEOF_STRUCT BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK CAMELCASE COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE FILE_PATH_CHANGES GIT_COMMIT_ID MACRO_ARG_REUSE NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS. total: 0 errors, 2 warnings, 2 checks, 410 lines checked