linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, v2] checkpatch: Warn on code with 6+ tab indentation, remove 80col warning

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Message-ID: <CAOJsxLGtkVDZpFn3WY21Z4nqnH159KLyo7sx5rhe73bz712sYw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 4 Feb 2012 20:54:42 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>,
	Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH, v2] checkpatch: Warn on code with 6+ tab indentation,
 remove 80col warning

On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> There are some truly _ugly_ > 80 char lines that
> people attempt where checkpatch should issue some
> "don't do that" message.

The practical downsides of the current warning are much more severe. I
personally don't use checkpatch much these days because of the silly
fixed limit.
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