From: Konstantin Andreev <andreev@swemel.ru>
To: "Valdis Klētnieks" <kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org>
Subject: Re: linux kernel coding style and checkpatch.pl script
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 14:36:23 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1jHQrS-0002Zv-PF@shelob.surriel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <98202.1585195984@turing-police>
Valdis Klētnieks, 26 Mar 2020 07:13 MSK:
>
> To borrow from Pirates of the Carribean, "They're not exactly rules, they're more like... suggestions..."
>
> Don't split literal strings, it means that grepping the source tree for "already registered" fails. Making grep for a string work is more important than shutting up checkpatch.
Sic! Grepping is important. Given that, why are kernel functions coded in a
| static int __init loglevel(char *str)
| {
way, but not old decent
| static int __init
| loglevel(char *str)
| {
unix way?
--
Regards, Konstantin
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-25 9:36 linux kernel coding style and checkpatch.pl script Tomek The Messenger
2020-03-25 9:51 ` Greg KH
2020-03-26 4:13 ` Valdis Klētnieks
2020-03-26 11:36 ` Konstantin Andreev [this message]
[not found] ` <E1jHQrV-0002Zv-Ln@shelob.surriel.com>
2020-03-26 12:06 ` Greg KH
2020-03-26 13:01 ` Konstantin Andreev
[not found] ` <E1jHS2D-0004t2-IX@shelob.surriel.com>
2020-03-26 13:17 ` Greg KH
2020-03-26 10:57 ` Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
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