Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: update the 80-char-line check to allow forlong strings

[Andres Salomon]

On Wed, 14 May 2008 09:49:06 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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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