Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm/i915: Error state should print /sys/kernel/debug

[Ben Widawsky <ben@bwidawsk.net>]

On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:54:18 +0100
Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 08:41:12AM +0000, Damien Lespiau wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 03:32:15PM -0800, Ben Widawsky wrote:
> > > /sys/kernel/debug has more or less been the standard location of
> > > debugfs for several years now. Other parts of DRM already use
> > > this location, so we should as well.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Ben Widawsky <ben@bwidawsk.net>
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Damien Lespiau <damien.lespiau@intel.com>
> 
> Queued for -next, thanks for the patch. Oh and fixed up a bikeshed
> from checkpatch.pl while applying:
> 
> Applying: drm/i915: Error state should print /sys/kernel/debug
> WARNING: line over 80 characters
> #22: FILE: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c:1308:
> +       DRM_INFO("capturing error event; look for more information
> in /sys/kernel/debug/dri/%d/i915_error_state\n",
> 
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 8 lines checked
> 
> Yeah, I've added that OCD thing to my patch apply pipeline, let's see
> how much fun it is ;-)

I've not looked at the final patch yet, but I think breaking up
constant strings is considered bad form, and lines above 80 are
generally favored for grepability.

At least James Bottomley said that in his talk and LPC, and a bunch of
other maintainers seemed to agree. (and I agree)

> -Daniel
> > 
> > -- 
> > Damien