On Wed, 22 May 2019, Joe Perches wrote: > On Thu, 2019-05-23 at 11:49 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 3:37 PM Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [] > > > I could also wire up a patch to checkpatch and docs to > > > remove the /* */ requirement for .h files and prefer > > > the generic // form for both .c and .h files as the > > > current minimum tooling versions now all allow // > > > comments > > > . > > > > We have control for minimal tool versions for building the kernel, > > so I think // will be OK for in-kernel headers. > > > > > > On the other hand, I am not quite sure about UAPI headers. > > We cannot define minimum tool versions > > for building user-space. > > Perhaps, using // in UAPI headers causes a problem > > if an ancient compiler is used? > > Good point. Thanks. Indeed. Did not think about the UAPI part at all. Thanks, tglx
