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

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Message-ID: <53C4D14C.607@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:59:24 +0200
From:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
To:	Christoph Schulz <develop@...stov.de>
CC:	Varka Bhadram <varkabhadram@...il.com>, 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 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.
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