On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 02:21:25PM +0100, John Oldman wrote:
> I was not so happy about this one, even though I went and committed it.
> 
> Without the blank line checkpatch reports:
> 
> WARNING: Missing a blank line after declarations
> #160: FILE: drivers/staging/mt7621-dma/mtk-hsdma.c:160:
> + struct tasklet_struct task;
> + volatile unsigned long chan_issued;
> 
> So I dumly inserted a blank line to silence checkpatch.

As checkpatch is just a simple script, it is not always right, don't
blindly follow it.

> In hindsight maybe a false positive, blank lines in a struct might not be
> helpful.

It can be, but not here.

thanks,

greg k-h
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