linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] checkpatch: Add dev_err

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Message-ID: <8fff7625-69b7-4c32-a3bb-d3ca24f149bf@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Fri, 1 Dec 2023 08:34:14 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] checkpatch: Add dev_err_probe() to the list of Log
 Functions

On 12/1/23 08:17, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 08:01:28AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On 12/1/23 07:14, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>> dev_err_probe() is missing in the list of Log Functions and hence
>>> checkpatch issues a warning in the cases when any other function
>>> in use won't trigger it. Add dev_err_probe() to the list to behave
>>> consistently.
> 
> ...
> 
>> Not sure if I agree. The difference here is that dev_err_probe()
>> has two additional parameters ahead of the string. I would very much prefer
>> to have those two additional parameters on a separate line if the string is
>> too long to fit in 100 columns with those two parameters on the same line.
>> In other words, I very much prefer
>>
>> 	dev_err_probe(dev, -ESOMETHING,
>> 		      "very long string");
>> over
>> 	dev_err_probe(dev, -ESOMETHING, "very long string");
>>
>> and I don't really think that the latter has any benefits.
>>
>> Also note that other dev_xxx() log functions are not included in the above test
>> and would still generate warnings. Accepting
>>
>> 	dev_err_probe(dev, -ESOMETHING, "very long string");
>> but not
>> 	dev_err(dev, "very long string");
> 
> They are included, see the line previous to the added one.
> (Regexp covers something like x_y_()* and x_*() families with the explicitly
>   listed * suffixes.)
> 
> That's why _this_ change makes it consistent.
> 

Hmm ok. Still don't like it.

Guenter