# Re: \[PATCH 4/5\] iio: hmc5843: Fix comment style warnings

- From: Jonathan Cameron \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-02-09 22:17:07 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2016/02/4681878
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-iio/2016/02/4679809/t.md

```text
On 07/02/16 22:21, Cristina Moraru wrote:
> Fix comment style warnings in order to comply with Coding Style
> standard provided by Documentation/CodingStyle.
> 
> This patch solves following issue found with checkpatch:
> WARNING: Block comments use a trailing */ on a separate line
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cristina Moraru <redacted>
I've applied this, but with a few additions... see inline.
> ---
>  drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.h     | 4 ++--
>  drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_i2c.c | 2 +-
>  drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.h b/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.h
> index 06f35d3..cb284cf 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.h
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
>   * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
>   * published by the Free Software Foundation.
>   *
Dropped the unwanted empty comment line as it doesn't add anything and we
might as well clean it up whilst here.
> - * */
> + */
>  
>  #ifndef HMC5843_CORE_H
>  #define HMC5843_CORE_H
> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ enum hmc5843_ids {
>   * @regmap:		hardware access register maps
>   * @variant:		describe chip variants
>   * @buffer:		3x 16-bit channels + padding + 64-bit timestamp
> - **/
> + */
>  struct hmc5843_data {
>  	struct device *dev;
>  	struct mutex lock;
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_i2c.c b/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_i2c.c
> index 3e06ceb..6f7b8fb 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_i2c.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_i2c.c
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
>   * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
>   * published by the Free Software Foundation.
>   *
snap
> - * */
> + */
>  
>  #include <linux/module.h>
>  #include <linux/i2c.h>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c b/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c
> index 1549192..85adcdd 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
>   * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
>   * published by the Free Software Foundation.
>   *
snap.
> - * */
> + */
>  
>  #include <linux/module.h>
>  #include <linux/spi/spi.h>
> 
```