linux-kernel - Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH v2] staging: media: atomisp: pci: Change line break to avoid an open parenthesis at the end of the line

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Date:   Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:46:54 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
To:     Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
cc:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Aline Santana Cordeiro <alinesantanacordeiro@...il.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH v2] staging: media: atomisp: pci:
 Change line break to avoid an open parenthesis at the end of the line

> > If you're running into the 80 character limit, then it's fine to use
> > two tabs.  I think we have been rejecting patches that push align the
> > parameters but push past the 80 character limit.  Using one tab is
> > confusing because it makes the decalarations line up with the code.
>
> Interesting. Do you have an example of this? I've thought checkpatch.pl
> gave a warning if the line ended with an opening parenthesis no matter
> what.

Checkpatch is a perl script that searches for patterns that often indicate
code that is hard to understand.  It is not a precise definition of what
is allowed in the Linux kernel.  Humans have to amke compromises.

julia