[dpdk-dev] [PATCH RFC] devtools: increase default line length to 100

[Bruce Richardson]

Rather than continuing to recommend an 80-char line limit, let's take a hint
from the Linux kernel[1] and aim for an 100-char recommended limit instead.

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bdc48fa11e46f867ea4d75fa59ee87a7f48be144

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
---
 devtools/checkpatches.sh                 | 2 +-
 doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/devtools/checkpatches.sh b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
index 158087f1c..4970ed830 100755
--- a/devtools/checkpatches.sh
+++ b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ VALIDATE_NEW_API=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/check-symbol-change.sh
 # Codespell can also be enabled by setting DPDK_CHECKPATCH_CODESPELL to a valid path
 # to a dictionary.txt file if dictionary.txt is not in the default location.
 codespell=${DPDK_CHECKPATCH_CODESPELL:-enable}
-length=${DPDK_CHECKPATCH_LINE_LENGTH:-80}
+length=${DPDK_CHECKPATCH_LINE_LENGTH:-100}
 
 # override default Linux options
 options="--no-tree"
diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
index 4efde93f6..1db3a7bbe 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The rules and guidelines given in this document cannot cover every situation, so
 * In the case of creating new files, the style should be consistent within each file in a given directory or module.
 * The primary reason for coding standards is to increase code readability and comprehensibility, therefore always use whatever option will make the code easiest to read.
 
-Line length is recommended to be not more than 80 characters, including comments.
+Line length is recommended to be not more than 100 characters, including comments.
 [Tab stop size should be assumed to be 8-characters wide].
 
 .. note::
-- 
2.25.1