WARNING: braces {} are not necessary for any arm of this statement #184: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c:488: + if (priv->hw->pcs) { [...] - if (!adv_lp.pause) [...] total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 0 checks, 194 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 1b8b2c1e0a86 ("net: stmmac: remove pcs_get_adv_lp() support") 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, 1 warnings, 0 checks, 194 lines checked