Commit c4ff1b5f authored by Joe Perches's avatar Joe Perches Committed by Linus Torvalds

CodingStyle: add networking specific block comment style

The block comment style in net/ and drivers/net is non-standard.
Document it.
Signed-off-by: default avatarJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: "Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 05880600
...@@ -454,6 +454,16 @@ The preferred style for long (multi-line) comments is: ...@@ -454,6 +454,16 @@ The preferred style for long (multi-line) comments is:
* with beginning and ending almost-blank lines. * 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 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 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 multiple data declarations). This leaves you room for a small comment on each
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