WARNING: line length of 83 exceeds 80 columns
#111: FILE: net/ethtool/netlink.c:127:
+	ret = nla_parse_nested(tb, ARRAY_SIZE(ethnl_header_policy_phy) - 1, header,

WARNING: line length of 83 exceeds 80 columns
#131: FILE: net/ethtool/netlink.c:180:
+			/* If we need a PHY but no phy index is specified, fallback

WARNING: line length of 87 exceeds 80 columns
#174: FILE: net/ethtool/netlink.h:404:
+extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_phy[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX + 1];

WARNING: line length of 93 exceeds 80 columns
#175: FILE: net/ethtool/netlink.h:405:
+extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_phy_stats[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX + 1];

total: 0 errors, 4 warnings, 0 checks, 131 lines checked

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Commit 0508ddc01f46 ("net: ethtool: Allow passing a phy index for some commands") has style problems, please review.

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total: 0 errors, 4 warnings, 0 checks, 131 lines checked