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

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Message-ID: <20141125204056.GA12162@biggie>
Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2014 20:40:56 +0000
From:	Luis de Bethencourt <luis@...ethencourt.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.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, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:27:24PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 

Hello Joe,

Thanks for taking the time to review this. I sent a new
version fixing the missing space. 
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