Re: [PATCH] bcma: fix three coding style issues, more than 80 characters per line

From: Sedat Dilek
Date: Sun Dec 28 2014 - 04:12:35 EST


On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 9:53 AM, RafaÅ MiÅecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 28 December 2014 at 06:50, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 12:44 AM, RafaÅ MiÅecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 27 December 2014 at 20:24, Oscar Forner Martinez
>>> <oscar.forner.martinez@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Three lines with more than 80 characters per line have been split in several lines.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Oscar Forner Martinez <oscar.forner.martinez@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Acked-by: RafaÅ MiÅecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>
>> As for the comment-line changes... 80+ chars are allowed for better readability.
>> So, please don't do that.
>> [ Checkpatch should not warn on this especially for comments. ]
>
> We almost always split long comments into separated lines in the
> kernel. What's different with this case?
>

1st it is not mandatory.

2nd it is more readable in one line.

- /* 4706 CC and PMU watchdogs are clocked at
1/4 of ALP clock */
+ /* 4706 CC and PMU watchdogs are clocked at 1/4 of ALP
+ * clock
+ */

I agree with you when the comment would be longer.

- Sedat -
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