[dm-devel] Re: [PATCH] Drop 80-character limit in checkpatch.pl

[Jiri Kosina]

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

> > > I like this patch, this is actually what I wanted to do.
> > 
> > I have nothing against a switch, but it had better default to off.
> > 
> > The whole 80-char limit is insane. It results in insane "fixes". Just 
> > about every time somebody "improves" a patch due to the warning, the 
> > result is worse than the original patch.
> 
> Examples? :)

balance_leaf() in fs/reiserfs/do_balan.c

Example picked totally at random:

	set_le_ih_k_offset(ih,
			   le_ih_k_offset(ih) +
			   (tb->
			    lbytes <<
			    (is_indirect_le_ih
			     (ih) ? tb->tb_sb->
			     s_blocksize_bits -
			     UNFM_P_SHIFT :
			     0)));

See how everything is nicely aligned to 80 cols?


Generally, don't look at this function after having a good lunch you want 
to keep. You have been warned.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.