========== checkpatch - FAILED ERROR: that open brace { should be on the previous line #26: FILE: include/linux/etherdevice.h:75: +static const u8 eth_ipv4_mcast_addr_base[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2) = +{ 0x01, 0x00, 0x5e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }; ERROR: that open brace { should be on the previous line #29: FILE: include/linux/etherdevice.h:78: +static const u8 eth_ipv6_mcast_addr_base[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2) = +{ 0x33, 0x33, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }; total: 2 errors, 0 warnings, 0 checks, 32 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 6f8b51ae4d70 ("eth: Move IPv4/IPv6 multicast address bases to their own symbols") has style problems, please review. NOTE: Ignored message types: ALLOC_SIZEOF_STRUCT BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK CAMELCASE COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE 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.