netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: remove newlines in NL_SET_ERR_MSG

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Date:   Thu, 07 May 2020 17:56:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jacob.e.keller@...el.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, apw@...onical.com,
        joe@...ches.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: remove newlines in NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD

From: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
Date: Wed,  6 May 2020 17:58:27 -0700

> The NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD macro is used to report a string describing an
> error message to userspace via the netlink extended ACK structure. It
> should not have a trailing newline.
> 
> Add a cocci script which catches cases where the newline marker is
> present. Using this script, fix the handful of cases which accidentally
> included a trailing new line.
> 
> I couldn't figure out a way to get a patch mode working, so this script
> only implements context, report, and org.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>

Applied, thank you.