On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 10:46:54AM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: > > > If you're running into the 80 character limit, then it's fine to use > > > two tabs. I think we have been rejecting patches that push align the > > > parameters but push past the 80 character limit. Using one tab is > > > confusing because it makes the decalarations line up with the code. > > > > Interesting. Do you have an example of this? I've thought checkpatch.pl > > gave a warning if the line ended with an opening parenthesis no matter > > what. > > Checkpatch is a perl script that searches for patterns that often indicate > code that is hard to understand. It is not a precise definition of what > is allowed in the Linux kernel. Humans have to amke compromises. Yeah... but I'd think if this is a preferred style then the warning could be omitted. It might not be that difficult. -- Sakari Ailus
