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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/coding-style.rst | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst | 33 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst index 04f6aa377a5d..8e30c8f7697d 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst @@ -629,18 +629,6 @@ 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. - -.. code-block:: c - - /* 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 diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst index fe8616397d63..c9edf9e7362d 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst @@ -355,23 +355,6 @@ just do it. As a result, a sequence of smaller series gets merged quicker and with better review coverage. Re-posting large series also increases the mailing list traffic. -Multi-line comments -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Comment style convention is slightly different for networking and most of -the tree. Instead of this:: - - /* - * foobar blah blah blah - * another line of text - */ - -it is requested that you make it look like this:: - - /* foobar blah blah blah - * another line of text - */ - Local variable ordering ("reverse xmas tree", "RCS") ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -392,6 +375,22 @@ When working in existing code which uses nonstandard formatting make your code follow the most recent guidelines, so that eventually all code in the domain of netdev is in the preferred format. +Using device-managed and cleanup.h constructs +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Netdev remains skeptical about promises of all "auto-cleanup" APIs, +including even ``devm_`` helpers, historically. They are not the preferred +style of implementation, merely an acceptable one. + +Use of ``guard()`` is discouraged within any function longer than 20 lines, +``scoped_guard()`` is considered more readable. Using normal lock/unlock is +still (weakly) preferred. + +Low level cleanup constructs (such as ``__free()``) can be used when building +APIs and helpers, especially scoped iterators. However, direct use of +``__free()`` within networking core and drivers is discouraged. +Similar guidance applies to declaring variables mid-function. + Resending after review ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |