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| author | Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> | 2019-01-03 15:26:16 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-01-04 13:13:45 -0800 |
| commit | 3fe5dbfef47e992b810cbe82af1df02d8255fb8c (patch) | |
| tree | f8c9cd8ea3dd70ca4e57b140c45dfda1a9615ff2 /Documentation | |
| parent | 09be178400829dddc1189b50a7888495dd26aa84 (diff) | |
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Documentation/process/coding-style.rst: don't use "extern" with function prototypes
`extern' with function prototypes makes lines longer and creates more
characters on the screen.
Do not bug people with checkpatch.pl warnings for now as fallout can be
devastating.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181101134153.GA29267@avx2
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst index 277c113376a6..b78dd680c038 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst @@ -443,6 +443,9 @@ In function prototypes, include parameter names with their data types. Although this is not required by the C language, it is preferred in Linux because it is a simple way to add valuable information for the reader. +Do not use the `extern' keyword with function prototypes as this makes +lines longer and isn't strictly necessary. + 7) Centralized exiting of functions ----------------------------------- |