From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Julia Lawall Subject: Re: [Cluster-devel] [PATCH 00/12] drop unneeded newline Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 15:00:46 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <1514386305-7402-1-git-send-email-Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr> <1878806802.2632123.1514901158666.JavaMail.zimbra@redhat.com> <1019862289.2632779.1514901387442.JavaMail.zimbra@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dev-yBygre7rU0TnMu66kgdUjQ@public.gmane.org, linux-s390-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-scsi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, dccp-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Alexander Shishkin , netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, kernel-janitors-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, dri-devel-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org, cluster-devel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, amd-gfx-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org, esc storagedev , Namhyung Kim , linux-ext4-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Jiri Olsa , linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-media-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Bob Peterson Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1019862289.2632779.1514901387442.JavaMail.zimbra-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: ovs-dev-bounces-yBygre7rU0TnMu66kgdUjQ@public.gmane.org Errors-To: ovs-dev-bounces-yBygre7rU0TnMu66kgdUjQ@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2 Jan 2018, Bob Peterson wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > | ----- Original Message ----- > | | Drop newline at the end of a message string when the printing function adds > | | a newline. > | > | Hi Julia, > | > | NACK. > | > | As much as it's a pain when searching the source code for output strings, > | this patch set goes against the accepted Linux coding style document. See: > | > | https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.10/process/coding-style.html#breaking-long-lines-and-strings > | > | Regards, > | > | Bob Peterson > | > | > Hm. I guess I stand corrected. The document reads: > > "However, never break user-visible strings such as printk messages, because that breaks the ability to grep for them." > > Still, the GFS2 and DLM code has a plethora of broken-up printk messages, > and I don't like the thought of re-combining them all. Actually, the point of the patch was to remove the unnecessary \n at the end of the string, because log_print will add another one. If you prefer to keep the string broken up, I can resend the patch in that form, but without the unnecessary \n. julia