linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] Coccinelle: put_device: Adjust a message construction

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Date:   Mon, 13 May 2019 11:35:40 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
cc:     Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
        Wen Yang <wen.yang99@....com.cn>, cocci@...teme.lip6.fr,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Yi Wang <wang.yi59@....com.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] Coccinelle: put_device: Adjust a message
 construction



On Mon, 13 May 2019, Markus Elfring wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 11:20:48 +0200
>
> The Linux coding style tolerates long string literals so that
> the provided information can be easier found also by search tools
> like grep.
> Thus simplify a message construction in a SmPL rule by concatenating text
> with two plus operators less.

I don't know python very well.  Is there any way to unindent, so that the
string doesn't exceed 80 characters, or at least no so much?

On the other hand, I would have much preferred the original msg = code.  I
don't understand why it is so offensive.

julia

>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  scripts/coccinelle/free/put_device.cocci | 9 ++++-----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/free/put_device.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/free/put_device.cocci
> index c9f071b0a0ab..3ebebc064f10 100644
> --- a/scripts/coccinelle/free/put_device.cocci
> +++ b/scripts/coccinelle/free/put_device.cocci
> @@ -42,11 +42,10 @@ p1 << search.p1;
>  p2 << search.p2;
>  @@
>
> -coccilib.report.print_report(p2[0], "ERROR: missing put_device; "
> -			      + "call of_find_device_by_node on line "
> -			      + p1[0].line
> -			      + ", but without a corresponding object release "
> -			      + "within this function.")
> +coccilib.report.print_report(p2[0],
> +                             "ERROR: missing put_device; call of_find_device_by_node on line "
> +                             + p1[0].line
> +                             + ", but without a corresponding object release within this function.")
>
>  @script:python depends on org@
>  p1 << search.p1;
> --
> 2.21.0
>
>