Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 3/7] block/dirty-bitmaps: add block_dirty_bitmap_check function

[Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>]

On 3/1/19 2:03 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 3/1/19 1:57 PM, John Snow wrote:
> 
>>>> +    if ((flags & BDRV_BITMAP_BUSY) && bdrv_dirty_bitmap_busy(bitmap)) {
>>>> +        error_setg(errp, "Bitmap '%s' is currently in use by another"
>>>> +                   " operation and cannot be used", bitmap->name);
>>>
>>> Split before space,
>>>
> 
>>>> +        error_setg(errp, "Bitmap '%s' is inconsistent and cannot be used",
>>>> +                   bitmap->name);
>>>> +        error_append_hint(errp, "Try block-dirty-bitmap-remove to delete "
>>>> +                          "this bitmap from disk");
>>>
>>> split after space.  Looks inconsistent within a single function (pardon
>>> the pun :)
>>>
>>
>> Ah... I've never known how to split strings. In fact, does anyone?
>> I'll address this either in staging or as a follow-up, as I assume
>> Vladimir will have some comments for me.
> 
> I don't care which way you go. git says we have both styles with enough
> frequency that I wouldn't rule out the other style in HACKING.  But it
> also says split after space seems more common, if you trust my regex:
> 

Shoot, I was in the wrong directory when I counted. Trying again, this
time on qemu.git:

$ git grep '"[^"]* "$' | wc
   1566   13019  135245
$ git grep '^[[:space:]]*" [^"]*"' | wc
   1714   11772  130881

and now the numbers favor split before space.

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