From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0854EC43381 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:56:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7C762070B for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:56:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727009AbfBVP4j (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:56:39 -0500 Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:52644 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725887AbfBVP4j (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:56:39 -0500 Received: from lwn.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E566D35A; Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:56:38 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 08:56:37 -0700 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Sean Christopherson Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Stephen Rothwell Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: Explicitly state that the 'Fixes:' tag shouldn't split lines Message-ID: <20190222085637.39f02baa@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20190219152715.5674-1-sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> References: <20190219152715.5674-1-sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> Organization: LWN.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 07:27:15 -0800 Sean Christopherson wrote: > ...and use a commit with an obnoxiously long summary in the example to > make it abundantly clear that keeping the tag on a single line takes > priority over wrapping at 75 columns. Without the explicit exemption, > one might assume splitting the tag is acceptable, even encouraged, e.g. > due to being conditioned by checkpatch's line length warning. > > Per Stephen's scripts[1] and implied by commit bf4daf12a9fb ("checkpatch: > avoid some commit message long line warnings"), splitting the 'Fixes:' > tag across multiple lines is a no-no, presumably because parsing multi- > line tags is unnecessarily painful. > > [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190216183433.71b7cfa7@canb.auug.org.au > > Cc: Stephen Rothwell > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson Applied, thanks. jon