The patch titled Documentation/CodingStyle: flesh out if-else examples has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was documentation-codingstyle-flesh-out-if-else-examples.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Documentation/CodingStyle: flesh out if-else examples From: Harry Wei <jiaweiwei.xiyou@xxxxxxxxx> There is a missing case for "Chapter 3: Placing Braces and Spaces". We often know we should not use braces where a single statement. The first case is: if (condition) action(); Another case is: if (condition) do_this(); else do_that(); However, I can not find a description of the second case. Signed-off-by: Harry Wei <harryxiyou@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/CodingStyle | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff -puN Documentation/CodingStyle~documentation-codingstyle-flesh-out-if-else-examples Documentation/CodingStyle --- a/Documentation/CodingStyle~documentation-codingstyle-flesh-out-if-else-examples +++ a/Documentation/CodingStyle @@ -168,6 +168,13 @@ Do not unnecessarily use braces where a if (condition) action(); +and + +if (condition) + do_this(); +else + do_that(); + This does not apply if one branch of a conditional statement is a single statement. Use braces in both branches. _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jiaweiwei.xiyou@xxxxxxxxx are origin.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html