* Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-07-01 at 14:15 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> > > +/* WARNING: This is going to override the generic definition whenever
> > > + * pseries is built-in regardless of what platform is active at boot
> > > + * time. This is fine for now as this is the only "option" and it
> > > + * should work everywhere. If not, we'll have to turn this into a
> > > + * ppc_md. callback
> > > + */
> >
> > Just a small nit, please use the customary (multi-line) comment
> > style:
> >
> > /*
> > * Comment .....
> > * ...... goes here.
> > */
> >
> > specified in Documentation/CodingStyle.
>
> Ah ! Here goes my sneak attempts at violating coding style while
> nobody notices :-)
>
> No seriously, that sort of stuff shouldn't be such a hard rule...
> In some cases the "official" way looks nicer, on some cases it's
> just a waste of space, and I've grown to prefer my slightly more
> compact form, at least depending on how the surrounding code looks
> like.
>
> Since that's all powerpc arch code, I believe I'm entitled to that
> little bit of flexibility in how the code looks like :-) It's not
> like I'm GoingToPlayWithCaps() or switching to 3-char tabs :-)
It's certainly not a hard rule - but note that the file in question
(arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c) has a rather
inconsistent comment style, sometimes even within the same function:
/*
* Remove htab bolted mappings for this section of memory
*/
...
/* Ensure all vmalloc mappings are flushed in case they also
* hit that section of memory
*/
That kind of inconsistency within the same .c file and within the
same function is not defensible with a "style is a matter of taste"
argument.
As i said, it's just a small nit.
Thanks,
Ingo
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