linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: media: lirc: lirc_zilog.c: fix quoted strings split across lines

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Message-ID: <1416947244.8358.12.camel@perches.com>
Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2014 12:27:24 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Luis de Bethencourt <luis@...ethencourt.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jarod@...sonet.com,
	m.chehab@...sung.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	mahfouz.saif.elyazal@...il.com, dan.carpenter@...cle.com,
	tuomas.tynkkynen@....fi, gulsah.1004@...il.com,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: media: lirc: lirc_zilog.c: fix quoted strings
 split across lines

On Tue, 2014-11-25 at 20:19 +0000, Luis de Bethencourt wrote:
> checkpatch makes an exception to the 80-colum rule for quotes strings, and
> Documentation/CodingStyle recommends not splitting quotes strings across lines
> because it breaks the ability to grep for the string. Fixing these.
[]
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c
[]
> @@ -794,8 +792,7 @@ static int fw_load(struct IR_tx *tx)
>  	if (!read_uint8(&data, tx_data->endp, &version))
>  		goto corrupt;
>  	if (version != 1) {
> -		dev_err(tx->ir->l.dev, "unsupported code set file version (%u, expected"
> -			    "1) -- please upgrade to a newer driver",
> +		dev_err(tx->ir->l.dev, "unsupported code set file version (%u, expected1) -- please upgrade to a newer driver",
>  			    version);

Hello Luis.

Please look at the strings being coalesced before
submitting patches.

It's a fairly common defect to have either a missing
space between the coalesced fragments or too many
spaces.

It's almost certain that there should be a space
between the "expected" and "1" here.


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