On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 11:07 AM Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 11:02 AM Alejandro Colomar > <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > That line is used to generate the bpf-helpers(7) manual page. It > > is a no-fill line, since it represents a command, which means that > > the formatter can't break the line, and instead just runs across > > the right margin (in most set-ups this means that the pager will > > break the line). > > > > Using <fmt> makes it end exactly at the 80-col right margin, both > > in the header file, and also in the manual page, and also seems to > > be a sensible name. > > Nack. > > We don't follow 80 char limit and are not going to because of man pages. And it's questionable in general to enforce line length for verbatim (code) block. It's verbatim for a good reason, it can't be wrapped.