Re: [PATCH] Staging: comedi: drivers: ni_atmio.c: fixed multi-line derefernce issue

From: Pratik Jain
Date: Fri Mar 16 2018 - 06:29:41 EST


Yes that can be done. But isn't 80 column limit more of a
historical convention?

On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 10:17:28AM +0000, Ian Abbott wrote:
> On 15/03/2018 18:59, Pratik Jain wrote:
> > Fixed coding style issue.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pratik Jain <pratik.jain0509@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_atmio.c | 4 ++--
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_atmio.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_atmio.c
> > index b9e9ab548c4b..4e27a2959b64 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_atmio.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_atmio.c
> > @@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ static int ni_isapnp_find_board(struct pnp_dev **dev)
> > for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ni_boards); i++) {
> > isapnp_dev = pnp_find_dev(NULL,
> > ISAPNP_VENDOR('N', 'I', 'C'),
> > - ISAPNP_FUNCTION(ni_boards[i].
> > - isapnp_id), NULL);
> > + ISAPNP_FUNCTION(ni_boards[i].isapnp_id),
> > + NULL);
> > if (!isapnp_dev || !isapnp_dev->card)
> > continue;
> >
>
> I suggest splitting the expression just after the '=' to avoid going over 80
> columns.
>
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