On Wed, 01/03 15:00, Michael Clark wrote:
> So it's essentially one error, the single line case pattern for
> table-driven decode which flags for long lines and asks to separate break
> onto its own line.
> 
> We have actually reduced the readability of other parts of the code to
> conform to this specific rule. In fact I spent a day and a half with
> checkpatch, but it didn't seem to make sense for the disassembler.
> 
> The question is should one blindly comply with the rule for
> machine-generated tables. Editing the code manually introduces the
> potential for human error. I can, if needed, modify the disassembler
> generator to output code with the required verbosity.

Thanks for taking a look! Practically, consistency with the rest of the code and
human judgements (comments, explanation in replies etc.) often override the
checkpatch complaints. Checkpatch is not always right.

Fam

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