linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bcma: fix three coding style issues, more than 80 characters per line

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Message-ID: <CACna6rwRPwannK7TviY7AmhMvd09h-zLXJOBEK-U09dz=5ezKQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 28 Dec 2014 15:02:37 +0100
From:	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
To:	Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
Cc:	Oscar Forner Martinez <oscar.forner.martinez@...il.com>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcma: fix three coding style issues, more than 80
 characters per line

On 28 December 2014 at 10:12, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com> wrote:
>> On 28 December 2014 at 06:50, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 12:44 AM, Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com> wrote:
>>>> On 27 December 2014 at 20:24, Oscar Forner Martinez
>>>> <oscar.forner.martinez@...il.com> wrote:
>>>>> Three lines with more than 80 characters per line have been split in several lines.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Oscar Forner Martinez <oscar.forner.martinez@...il.com>
>>>>
>>>> Acked-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
>>>>
>>>
>>> As for the comment-line changes... 80+ chars are allowed for better readability.
>>> So, please don't do that.
>>> [ Checkpatch should not warn on this especially for comments. ]
>>
>> We almost always split long comments into separated lines in the
>> kernel. What's different with this case?
>>
>
> 1st it is not mandatory.
>
> 2nd it is more readable in one line.
>
> -                       /* 4706 CC and PMU watchdogs are clocked at
> 1/4 of ALP clock */
> +                       /* 4706 CC and PMU watchdogs are clocked at 1/4 of ALP
> +                        * clock
> +                        */
>
> I agree with you when the comment would be longer.

So I guess there is some rule like
"Don't use 2 lines if there is 80 chars + one word"
? Where can I find such rules?

-- 
Rafał
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