Thread (12 messages) 12 messages, 3 authors, 2016-06-15

Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Introduce the latent_entropy gcc plugin

From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:10:21
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On Wed, 2016-06-15 at 16:01 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Emese Revfy [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:55:44 -0700 Kees Cook [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
 The limit on the length of lines is 80 columns and this is a strongly
 preferred limit.
I think the code looks worse when it is truncated to 80 columns but
I'll do it and resend the patches.
Yup, I understand your concerns, but since we're optimizing for
readability by a larger audience that has agreed to the guidelines in
CodingStyle, this is what we get. :)

One area I'm unclear on with kernel coding style, though, is if
splitting all the stuff prior to function name onto a separate line is
"acceptable", since that solves most of the long lines where
__latent_entropy has been added. For example, I don't know which is
better:

All on one line (gmail may split this, but my intention is all one line):

static __latent_entropy void rcu_process_callbacks(struct
softirq_action *unused)

Types and attributes on a separate line:

static __latent_entropy void
rcu_process_callbacks(struct softirq_action *unused)

All arguments on the next line:

static __latent_entropy void rcu_process_callbacks(
                                                          struct
softirq_action *unused)


Greg, do you have a better sense of how to split (or not split) these
kinds of long lines?
Another option is to add __latent_entropy the same way most
__printf uses are done - on a separate line before the function

__latent_entropy
static void foo(...)


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