heh, you managed to get a checkpatch error on the only line you changed: ERROR: space required after that ',' (ctx:VxV) #56: FILE: drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c:551: + ipoib_warn(priv, "ib_sa_path_rec_get failed ret=%d\n",path->query_id); ^ anyway, fixed up and applied, thanks.