The patch titled
Subject: Documentation/process/coding-style.rst: don't use "extern" with function prototypes
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
coding-style-dont-use-extern-with-function-prototypes.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: 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@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Documentation/process/coding-style.rst | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
--- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst~coding-style-dont-use-extern-with-function-prototypes
+++ a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
@@ -443,6 +443,9 @@ In function prototypes, include paramete
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
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