linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: namei.c: coding style: fix 80 characters limit

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Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2015 21:30:22 +0100
From:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	"Dilger, Andreas" <andreas.dilger@...el.com>
Cc:	Maxime Lorrillere <maxime.lorrillere@...6.fr>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"laure.millet@...6.fr" <laure.millet@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: namei.c: coding style: fix 80
 characters limit

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 07:53:35PM +0000, Dilger, Andreas wrote:
> On 2015/03/18, 1:07 PM, "Maxime Lorrillere" <maxime.lorrillere@...6.fr>
> wrote:
> 
> >From: Laure Millet <laure.millet@...6.fr>
> >
> >This patch fixes lines over 80 characters
> 
> I think the newer rule is that strings shouldn't be split across lines.
> That makes
> the first hunk invalid, though the second one is OK.

No, that first hunk is just fine, that horrid DFID macro allows it to
now be split :)

To fix this correctly, you need to move to using the "real" in-kernel
pr_err() functions, not custom macros.  When that happens, checkpatch.pl
will stop complaining.

I'll take this one as-is.

thanks,

greg k-h
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