linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 RESEND] x86/boot/KASLR: Restrict kernel to be randomized in mirror regions

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Message-ID: <20170721173753.54mn7udl6byzq2yh@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Jul 2017 19:37:53 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        keescook@...omium.org, matt@...eblueprint.co.uk,
        tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, izumi.taku@...fujitsu.com,
        fanc.fnst@...fujitsu.com, thgarnie@...gle.com,
        n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 RESEND] x86/boot/KASLR: Restrict kernel to be
 randomized in mirror regions


* Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com> wrote:

> > > +static inline bool process_efi_entries(unsigned long minimum,
> > > +				       unsigned long image_size)
> > 
> > ugly linebreak again ...
> 
> The whole line is more than 80. I break the line and use tab and space
> to make it align with above 'unsigned long minimum'. Don't know why it
> becomes messy in patch. Will check and try again.

Then make the linebreak less ugly, or ignore the checkpatch warning!

This commonly used pattern:

  static inline bool
  process_efi_entries(unsigned long minimum, unsigned long image_size)

looks a lot better than the function parameter list broken in the middle.

Thanks,

	Ingo