CHECK: Lines should not end with a '(' #38: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ethtool_common.c:407: + ethtool_sprintf( CHECK: Lines should not end with a '(' #185: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena/ethtool_common.c:407: + ethtool_sprintf( total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 2 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 1b36fc0753de ("net: sfc: use ethtool string helpers") 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, 0 warnings, 2 checks, 194 lines checked