netdev - RE: [net-next 05/16] i40e: fix long lines

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jan 2014 18:20:26 +0000
From:	"Williams, Mitch A" <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gospo@...hat.com" <gospo@...hat.com>,
	"sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>,
	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [net-next 05/16] i40e: fix long lines



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Perches [mailto:joe@...ches.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 10:15 AM
> To: Williams, Mitch A
> Cc: David Laight; Kirsher, Jeffrey T; davem@...emloft.net;
> netdev@...r.kernel.org; gospo@...hat.com; sassmann@...hat.com; Brandeburg,
> Jesse
> Subject: Re: [net-next 05/16] i40e: fix long lines
> 
> On Fri, 2014-01-10 at 18:05 +0000, Williams, Mitch A wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Joe Perches [mailto:joe@...ches.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 2:36 AM
> []
> > > On Fri, 2014-01-10 at 10:02 +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > > > > Another way this could be changed is to put the
> > > > > return value on a separate line like:
> > > > >
> > > > > i40e_status
> > > > > i40e_aq_set_vsi_unicast_promiscuous(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 seid,
> bool
> > > set,
> > > > > 				    struct i40e_asq_cmd_details *cmd_details)
> > > >
> > > > Personally I prefer that so I can find the definition by grepping
> > > > for '^function_name' - but it doesn't seem to be done in any linux
> > > > source files.
> > >
> > > That form is used in a lot of files.
> > > $ git grep -E "^[a-z_]+\("
> > >
> >
> > So, Joe, I just want to be clear. Is this a NAK, or just an FYI?
> 
> Hi Mitch.
> 
> This is your/intel's code.  I don't/shouldn't nak it.
> I made a simple suggestion of an alternate style.
> 
> > If it's a serious issue for you (or Dave), we'll fix it right away.
> 
> It's up to you all to fix it (or not) as you chose.
> It's trivial to me.
> 
> cheers, Joe

Thanks, Joe. As long as Dave is OK with it, I'll let it stand as-is and scrub the whole driver later for stuff like this.

BTW, I appreciate all the time you spend looking at our code. We've got a decent sized team here, but it's always good to have somebody outside the organization keeping us honest.

-Mitch
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