ERROR: trailing whitespace #55: FILE: Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst:166: +unsigned_long:1 see_all_hwtstamp_requests $ ERROR: trailing whitespace #56: FILE: Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst:167: +unsigned_long:1 change_proto_down $ CHECK: Alignment should match open parenthesis #175: FILE: include/linux/netdevice.h:2016: + struct_group(priv_flags_fast, + unsigned long priv_flags:32; WARNING: line length of 94 exceeds 80 columns #225: FILE: net/core/dev.c:11900: + CACHELINE_ASSERT_GROUP_MEMBER(struct net_device, net_device_read_tx, priv_flags_fast); total: 2 errors, 1 warnings, 1 checks, 193 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. NOTE: Whitespace errors detected. You may wish to use scripts/cleanpatch or scripts/cleanfile Commit a736719617c9 ("netdevice: convert private flags > BIT(31) to bitfields") 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.