WARNING: line length of 91 exceeds 80 columns #39: FILE: include/linux/socket.h:77: + void __user *msg_control_user_tx; /* msg_control_user in TX piggyback path */ WARNING: line length of 89 exceeds 80 columns #41: FILE: include/linux/socket.h:79: + __kernel_size_t msg_controllen_user_tx; /* msg_controllen in TX piggyback path */ WARNING: line length of 90 exceeds 80 columns #49: FILE: include/linux/socket.h:397: +extern int put_cmsg_user_tx(struct msghdr *msg, int level, int type, int len, void *data); CHECK: extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files #49: FILE: include/linux/socket.h:397: +extern int put_cmsg_user_tx(struct msghdr *msg, int level, int type, int len, void *data); WARNING: line length of 83 exceeds 80 columns #133: FILE: net/core/scm.c:231: +static int __put_cmsg(struct msghdr *msg, int level, int type, int len, void *data) WARNING: line length of 97 exceeds 80 columns #160: FILE: net/core/scm.c:253: + cm = msg->msg_control_is_user ? msg->msg_control_user : msg->msg_control_user_tx; WARNING: line length of 82 exceeds 80 columns #198: FILE: net/core/scm.c:300: +int put_cmsg_user_tx(struct msghdr *msg, int level, int type, int len, void *data) total: 0 errors, 6 warnings, 1 checks, 167 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 ac070700e106 ("sock: support put_cmsg to userspace in TX path") 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. total: 0 errors, 6 warnings, 1 checks, 167 lines checked