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@@ -80,22 +80,13 @@ available tools.
The limit on the length of lines is 80 columns and this is a strongly
preferred limit.
-Statements longer than 80 columns will be broken into sensible chunks.
-Descendants are always substantially shorter than the parent and are placed
-substantially to the right. The same applies to function headers with a long
-argument list. Long strings are as well broken into shorter strings. The
-only exception to this is where exceeding 80 columns significantly increases
-readability and does not hide information.
-
-void fun(int a, int b, int c)
-{
- if (condition)
- printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning this is a long printk with "
- "3 parameters a: %u b: %u "
- "c: %u \n", a, b, c);
- else
- next_statement;
-}
+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
+with a long argument list. However, never break user-visible strings such as
+printk messages, because that breaks the ability to grep for them.
+
Chapter 3: Placing Braces and Spaces