Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 May 2008 10:49:38 -0400 | From | Andres Salomon <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: update the 80-char-line check to allow for long strings |
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On Wed, 14 May 2008 09:49:06 +0200 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 00:53 -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: > > 19:29 * dilinger sends his patch to lkml for a proper flaming > > 19:32 Quozl> dilinger: it's called "patch hardening"? ;-} the > > heat of the flames makes the patch stronger. > > > > I've wasted too much time massaging printk strings in order to > > satisfy checkpatch.pl. Comments on this? > > How about treating like its meant to be; as a guide instead of a hard > rule. That means you can ignore it with good taste.. :-) > >
The point is that we tell people to make sure that their patches are checkpatch-clean. Let's make the tool reflect what we're actually looking for.
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