Hi Nick,
I didn't check, but I would assume checkpatch would complain about the spaces that have crept in here?
Interestingly checkpatch complains only if it finds 8 or more spaces at the beginning of the line (below). For some reason, vim cindent inserted 7 spaces in there, and that kept checkpatch from complaining.
... # at the beginning of a line any tabs must come first and anything # more than 8 must use tabs. if ($rawline =~ /^+\s* \t\s*\S/ || $rawline =~ /^+\s* \s*/) { my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($rawline) . "\n"; ERROR("code indent should use tabs where possible\n" . $herevet); } ...
If you haven't already done so, it would be a good idea to run checkpatch to check for any other formatting violations.
Thanks, resubmitted.
Regards Cyril.