ERROR: else should follow close brace '}' #72: FILE: net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c:127: } + else if (ip_vs_exceeds_mtu(skb, mtu)) { WARNING: braces {} are not necessary for single statement blocks #72: FILE: net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c:127: + else if (ip_vs_exceeds_mtu(skb, mtu)) { return true; /* Packet size violate MTU size */ } total: 1 errors, 1 warnings, 0 checks, 34 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 bbf95ac40af0 ("ipvs: fix MTU check for GSO packets in tunnel mode") 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.