linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: make the line length warnings match the coding style document

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Message-ID: <20201210200930.GB7338@casper.infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:09:30 +0000
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, apw@...onical.com,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: make the line length warnings match the
 coding style document

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 12:05:04PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> Also, given the ever increasing average identifier length, strict
> adherence to 80 columns is sometimes just not possible without silly
> visual gymnastics.  The kernel now has quite a lot of 30+ character
> length function names, constants, and structs.

maybe checkpatch should warn for identifiers that are 30+ characters
long?  address the problem at its source ..