linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 2/2] rcu: Fix broken strings in RCU's source code.

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Date:	Fri, 18 May 2012 00:20:09 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com,
	dipankar@...ibm.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca, josh@...htriplett.org,
	niv@...ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, dhowells@...hat.com,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, darren@...art.com, fweisbec@...il.com,
	patches@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 2/2] rcu: Fix broken strings in RCU's
 source code.

On Thu, 2012-05-17 at 15:12 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> Although the C language allows you to break strings across lines, doing
> this makes it hard for people to find the Linux kernel code corresponding
> to a given console message.  This commit therefore fixes broken strings
> throughout RCU's source code. 

While I'm not a strict 80 chars zealot, I do find exceedingly long lines
utterly annoying, editors either wrap them in the most hideous way or
you don't see them.

I'm not going make a big fuss, but I don't think such patches are an
improvement.
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