[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] imls: Add support to list images in NAND device

Scott Wood scottwood at freescale.com
Fri Dec 14 19:59:36 CET 2012


On 12/14/2012 03:23:26 AM, Vipin Kumar wrote:
> On 12/14/2012 3:22 AM, Scott Wood wrote:
>> On 12/13/2012 12:10:58 AM, Vipin Kumar wrote:
>>>>> +				imgdata = malloc(read_size);
>>>>> +				if (!imgdata) {
>>>>> +					printf("Not able to list all
>>>>> images " \
>>>>> +						"(Low memory)\n");
>>>> 
>>>> Don't line-wrap error strings.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 80 column ?
>> 
>> Error strings are an exception for the sake of greppability.  From
>> Linux's Documentation/CodingStyle:
>> 
>>     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.
>> 
> 
> Yes, thanks for reminding. The error strings are more readable  
> already in v3. Please take a look

No, you're still breaking up strings (and you also have a totally  
unnecessary backslash).  If it's on one line in the output, it should  
be on one line in the source.

-Scott


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