Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] checkpatch: Add dev_err_probe() to the list of Log Functions

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Fri Dec 01 2023 - 11:20:30 EST


On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 06:17:51PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 08:01:28AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On 12/1/23 07:14, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > dev_err_probe() is missing in the list of Log Functions and hence
> > > checkpatch issues a warning in the cases when any other function
> > > in use won't trigger it. Add dev_err_probe() to the list to behave
> > > consistently.

...

> > Not sure if I agree. The difference here is that dev_err_probe()
> > has two additional parameters ahead of the string. I would very much prefer
> > to have those two additional parameters on a separate line if the string is
> > too long to fit in 100 columns with those two parameters on the same line.
> > In other words, I very much prefer
> >
> > dev_err_probe(dev, -ESOMETHING,
> > "very long string");
> > over
> > dev_err_probe(dev, -ESOMETHING, "very long string");
> >
> > and I don't really think that the latter has any benefits.
> >
> > Also note that other dev_xxx() log functions are not included in the above test
> > and would still generate warnings. Accepting
> >
> > dev_err_probe(dev, -ESOMETHING, "very long string");
> > but not
> > dev_err(dev, "very long string");
>
> They are included, see the line previous to the added one.
> (Regexp covers something like x_y_()* and x_*() families with the explicitly

Should read: x_y_*()

> listed * suffixes.)
>
> That's why _this_ change makes it consistent.
>
> > doesn't really make sense to me.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko