Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Check for quoted strings broken across lines

[Joe Perches]

On Thu, 2012-02-02 at 13:28 -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 12:36:29PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Thu, 2012-02-02 at 12:06 -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > > Documentation/CodingStyle recommends not splitting quoted strings across
> > > lines, because it breaks the ability to grep for the string.  checkpatch
> > > already makes an exception to the 80-column rule for quoted strings to
> > > allow this.  Rather than just allowing it, actively warn about quoted
> > > strings split across lines.
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> > Seems sensible but there are also asm uses like:
> > arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h:         "xor  %5,%5    ; "
> >                 "add  %4,%%eax ; "
> I did see those, yes.  However, a quick grep through the kernel shows
> that those occur quite rarely compared to \n or \n\t; the latter looks
> like the standard style.  How about I provide a patch for
> Documentation/CodingStyle adding a chapter on inline assembly, with that
> and other style guidelines? :)

Sounds fine to me.

Another option might be to ignore all
strings in any asm block.


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