linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serial: pl011: format long message string into lines

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Date:   Fri, 13 Mar 2020 08:03:05 +0100
From:   Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:     WANG Wenhu <wenhu.wang@...o.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     trivial@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: pl011: format long message string into lines

On 13. 03. 20, 7:56, WANG Wenhu wrote:
> Separate the message string into lines for pl011_probe_dt_alias()
> to make it better comply with kernel coding style, and also, make
> it more readable.
> 
> It would still be grep friendly for the separated format.
> 
> Signed-off-by: WANG Wenhu <wenhu.wang@...o.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
> index 2296bb0f9578..e693b7ac5a3a 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
> @@ -2523,7 +2523,8 @@ static int pl011_probe_dt_alias(int index, struct device *dev)
>  	}
>  
>  	if (seen_dev_with_alias && seen_dev_without_alias)
> -		dev_warn(dev, "aliased and non-aliased serial devices found in device tree. Serial port enumeration may be unpredictable.\n");
> +		dev_warn(dev, "aliased and non-aliased serial devices found in device tree." \
> +			"Serial port enumeration may be unpredictable.\n");

1) You removed a space after the dot
2) the backslash is superfluous
3) CodingStyle clearly states:
"""
However, never break user-visible strings such as
printk messages, because that breaks the ability to grep for them.
"""

So, sorry:
Nacked-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>

>  
>  	return ret;
>  }
> 


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