Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add NL_SET_ERR_MSG to 80 column exceptions

[Jacob Keller]

On 5/1/2020 4:42 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2020-05-01 at 16:11 -0700, Jacob Keller wrote:
>> NL_SET_ERR_MSG and NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD are used to report extended error
>> responses about failure of a netlink command. These strings often end up
>> going over the 80-column limit. Just like logging messages, it is
>> preferred to leave the message all on a single line.
>>
>> Add these to the exception list so that checkpatch.pl will no longer
>> complain about the long lines due to use of these macros.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 ++-
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
>> index eac40f0abd56..5da3b06fbeaa 100755
>> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
>> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
>> @@ -471,7 +471,8 @@ our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
>>  	WARN(?:_RATELIMIT|_ONCE|)|
>>  	panic|
>>  	MODULE_[A-Z_]+|
>> -	seq_vprintf|seq_printf|seq_puts
>> +	seq_vprintf|seq_printf|seq_puts|
>> +	NL_SET_ERR_MSG(?:_MOD)?
>>  )};
>>  
>>  our $allocFunctions = qr{(?x:
> 
> <shrug>  OK I guess.
> 
> What about GENL_SET_ERR_MSG ?
>

This appears in far fewer locations, but it does seem reasonable to add
it to this list as well.

> btw:
> 
> There are some uses with what appear to be unnecessary newlines.
> Maybe these newlines should be removed.

Yea, there's a number of places which seem to have put a newline break
after the extack pointer.

A quick search shows that there are about 970 or so uses where we don't
put a newline, and around 220 where we do.

I suppose I can make a series that cleans all of those up along with
this patch.

Thanks,
Jake