On Wed, 2015-01-07 at 13:09 +0000, Nicholas Mc Guire wrote: > On Wed, 07 Jan 2015, Prarit Bhargava wrote: > > > > > > > On 01/06/2015 10:38 AM, Jiang, Dave wrote: > > >>>> - if (dma->device_tx_status(dma_chan, cookie, NULL) != DMA_COMPLETE) { > > >>>> + if (tmo == 0 || dma->device_tx_status(dma_chan, cookie, NULL) > > >>>> + != DMA_COMPLETE) { > > >>> > > >>> Can you please do: > > >>> + if (tmo == 0 || > > >>> + dma->device_tx_status(dma_chan, cookie, NULL) != DMA_COMPLETE) { > > >> > > >> Documentation/CodingStyle:Chapter 2 > > >> > > >> "Statements longer than 80 columns will be broken into sensible chunks, unless > > >> exceeding 80 columns significantly increases readability and does not hide > > >> information. Descendants are always substantially shorter than the parent and > > >> are placed substantially to the right. The same applies to function headers..." > > >> > > >> am I misreading the CodingStyle here ? > > > > > > I'm not sure what the issue is here.... What I proposed is still the > > > same length as the original code. And what I suggested complies with the > > > existing coding style that's already there. > > > > Ugh ... I missed this obvious CodingStyle error. > > > > What Dave is trying to say is that he (and I'm pretty sure everyone else > > for that matter) disagree with you style change because you have not broken > > the columns into "sensible chunks". > > > > IOW ... this, > > > > if (tmo == 0 || > > dma->device_tx_status(dma_chan, cookie, NULL) != DMA_COMPLETE) { > > > > is much easier to comprehend than this, > > > > if (tmo == 0 || dma->device_tx_status(dma_chan, cookie, NULL) > > != DMA_COMPLETE) { > > > agreed - it was just not clear to me how strict things should > be applied - e.g. the indentation with spaces - will cleanup and > resend. Thank you. In general as a rule of thumb, apply coding style that's consistent with the code that's already there. That makes it easy for readability because it does not deviate from the whole. ��.n��������+%������w��{.n��������)�)��jg��������ݢj����G�������j:+v���w�m������w�������h�����٥