netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/1] net: ppp: fix creating PPP pass and active filters

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:38:58 -0700
From:	Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
Cc:	Christoph Schulz <develop@...stov.de>,
	Varka Bhadram <varkabhadram@...il.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org, isdn@...ux-pingi.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] net: ppp: fix creating PPP pass and active filters

On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com> wrote:
> On 07/15/2014 06:54 AM, Christoph Schulz wrote:
>>
>> Hello!
>>
>> Daniel Borkmann schrieb am Sun, 13 Jul 2014 20:51:45 +0200:
>>
>>> I think going with the first variant is just fine.
>>
>>
>> Well, then I need not change anything, do I? This first variant causes
>> checkpatch to warn twice about a line exceeding 80 characters:
>>
>> WARNING: line over 80 characters
>> #83: FILE: drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:771:
>> +                               err =
>> sk_unattached_filter_create(&ppp->pass_filter,
>>
>> WARNING: line over 80 characters
>> #102: FILE: drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:797:
>> +                               err =
>> sk_unattached_filter_create(&ppp->active_filter,
>>
>> But I don't see how to shorten them. This is because
>> "sk_unattached_filter_create" is such a long identifier...
>
>
> Well, this is a soft-limit, and in this particular circumstance
> it should be fine to use your original proposal. I don't see how
> Varka's suggestions make this better in _any way_, rather the
> very opposite.

+1
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