The Linux kernel style policy about strings is that strings should be always put on one line. This makes sense since a typical use case is for a user to type the error message into a search engine or grep, and it won't be found if split across lines. This patch just re-enables that check.
Yes, lots of DPDK code now splits strings, that doesn't make it right. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthem...@microsoft.com> --- devtools/checkpatches.sh | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/devtools/checkpatches.sh b/devtools/checkpatches.sh index a56c41a301c0..3e6081dd673e 100755 --- a/devtools/checkpatches.sh +++ b/devtools/checkpatches.sh @@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ options="$options --show-types" options="$options --ignore=LINUX_VERSION_CODE,FILE_PATH_CHANGES,\ VOLATILE,PREFER_PACKED,PREFER_ALIGNED,PREFER_PRINTF,\ PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES,BIT_MACRO,CONST_STRUCT,\ -SPLIT_STRING,LONG_LINE_STRING,\ LINE_SPACING,PARENTHESIS_ALIGNMENT,NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE,\ NEW_TYPEDEFS,COMPARISON_TO_NULL" -- 2.11.0