On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 10:46:26AM +0000, Haakon Bugge wrote:
> >> You're running an old checkpatch. Since commit bdc48fa11e46 ("checkpatch/coding-style: deprecate 80-column warning"), the default line-length is 100. As Linus states in:
> >>
> >> https://lkml.org/lkml/2009/12/17/229
> >>
> >> "... But 80 characters is causing too many idiotic changes."
> >
> > I'm aware of that thread, but RDMA subsystem continues to use 80 symbols limit.
>
> I wasn't aware. Where is that documented? Further, it must be a
> limit that is not enforced. Of the last 100 commits in
> drivers/infiniband, there are 630 lines longer than 80.
Linus said stick to 80 but use your best judgement if going past
It was not a blanket allowance to needless long lines all over the
place.
Jason
