WARNING: do not add new typedefs #63: FILE: include/uapi/linux/socket.h:38: +typedef __kernel_sa_family_t sa_family_t; ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible #80: FILE: include/uapi/linux/socket.h:55: + sa_family_t sa_family; /* address family, AF_xxx */$ WARNING: please, no spaces at the start of a line #80: FILE: include/uapi/linux/socket.h:55: + sa_family_t sa_family; /* address family, AF_xxx */$ ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible #81: FILE: include/uapi/linux/socket.h:56: + char sa_data[14]; /* 14 bytes of protocol address */$ WARNING: please, no spaces at the start of a line #81: FILE: include/uapi/linux/socket.h:56: + char sa_data[14]; /* 14 bytes of protocol address */$ CHECK: Please don't use multiple blank lines #90: FILE: include/uapi/linux/socket.h:65: + + total: 2 errors, 3 warnings, 1 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. NOTE: Whitespace errors detected. You may wish to use scripts/cleanpatch or scripts/cleanfile Commit 729db1521c51 ("uapi: socket: Introduce struct sockaddr_legacy") 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.