[PATCH net 12/13] docs: netdev: broaden the new vs old code formatting guidelines
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Date: 2022-03-27 02:54:29
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bpf, linux-doc
Subsystem:
documentation, networking [general], the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
Convert the "should I use new or old comment formatting" to cover all formatting. This makes the question itself shorter. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> --- Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst
index a7367a757a4b..47ea5d052c0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ Is the comment style convention different for the networking content? * another line of text */ -I am working in existing code that has the former comment style and not the latter. Should I submit new code in the former style or the latter? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Make it the latter style, so that eventually all code in the domain -of netdev is of this format. +I am working in existing code which uses non-standard formatting. Which formatting should I use? +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Make your code follow the most recent guidelines, so that eventually all code +in the domain of netdev is in the preferred format. I found a bug that might have possible security implications or similar. Should I mail the main netdev maintainer off-list? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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