From c4ff1b5f8bf09d77d7329cbff224f0237646c90e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 17:13:36 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] CodingStyle: add networking specific block comment style The block comment style in net/ and drivers/net is non-standard. Document it. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Cc: "Allan, Bruce W" Cc: Andy Whitcroft Cc: David Miller Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/CodingStyle | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) 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 -- 2.20.1