On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 7:09 PM Petr Mladek <[email protected]> wrote:
> > +                     if (reboot_cpu >= num_possible_cpus()) {
> > +                             pr_err("Ignoring the CPU number in reboot= 
> > option. "
> > +                                    "CPU %d exceeds possible cpu number 
> > %d\n",
>
> ./scripts/checkpatch.pl used to complain that printk() format parameter 
> should stay
> on a single line (ignoring 80 char limit). It helps when people are
> trying to find which code printed a particular message.
>
> It is not a big deal here because %d does not allow to search the
> entire message anyway.
>
> I am not sure if Andrew would like to get this fixed. In both cases:
>
> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <[email protected]>
>

Yes, I saw this warning, but to suppress it I had to write a 133 char
line, much beyond even the new 100 char limit.
I expect a smart user to just grep the first half of the string, like
"Ignoring the CPU number in reboot="

Regards,
-- 
per aspera ad upstream

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