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| author | Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <[email protected]> | 2012-10-19 15:19:19 -0400 |
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| committer | Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <[email protected]> | 2012-10-19 15:19:19 -0400 |
| commit | e05dacd71db0a5da7c1a44bcaab2a8a240b9c233 (patch) | |
| tree | 31382cf1c7d62c03126448affb2fc86e8c4aaa8b /Documentation/CodingStyle | |
| parent | 3ab0b83bf6a1e834f4b884150d8012990c75d25d (diff) | |
| parent | ddffeb8c4d0331609ef2581d84de4d763607bd37 (diff) | |
Merge commit 'v3.7-rc1' into stable/for-linus-3.7
* commit 'v3.7-rc1': (10892 commits)
Linux 3.7-rc1
x86, boot: Explicitly include autoconf.h for hostprogs
perf: Fix UAPI fallout
ARM: config: make sure that platforms are ordered by option string
ARM: config: sort select statements alphanumerically
UAPI: (Scripted) Disintegrate include/linux/byteorder
UAPI: (Scripted) Disintegrate include/linux
UAPI: Unexport linux/blk_types.h
UAPI: Unexport part of linux/ppp-comp.h
perf: Handle new rbtree implementation
procfs: don't need a PATH_MAX allocation to hold a string representation of an int
vfs: embed struct filename inside of names_cache allocation if possible
audit: make audit_inode take struct filename
vfs: make path_openat take a struct filename pointer
vfs: turn do_path_lookup into wrapper around struct filename variant
audit: allow audit code to satisfy getname requests from its names_list
vfs: define struct filename and have getname() return it
btrfs: Fix compilation with user namespace support enabled
userns: Fix posix_acl_file_xattr_userns gid conversion
userns: Properly print bluetooth socket uids
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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle index cb9258b8fd35..495e5ba1634c 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingStyle +++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle @@ -454,6 +454,16 @@ The preferred style for long (multi-line) comments is: * with beginning and ending almost-blank lines. */ +For files in net/ and drivers/net/ the preferred style for long (multi-line) +comments is a little different. + + /* The preferred comment style for files in net/ and drivers/net + * looks like this. + * + * It is nearly the same as the generally preferred comment style, + * but there is no initial almost-blank line. + */ + It's also important to comment data, whether they are basic types or derived types. To this end, use just one data declaration per line (no commas for multiple data declarations). This leaves you room for a small comment on each |