On Thu, 2023-10-12 at 13:50 +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote: > On Wed, 11 Oct 2023 14:44:17 -0700, Dan Williams wrote: > > > > I notice that clang-format reflows that example to: > > > > const void *a; > > void *const b; > > void **const c; > > void *const *const d; > > int strcmp(const char *a, const char *b); > > > > ...but someone more clang-format savvy than me would need to propose the > > changes to the kernel's .clang-format template to match the style > > suggestion. > > I think we could use: > > diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format > index 0bbb1991defe..9eeb511c0814 100644 > --- a/.clang-format > +++ b/.clang-format > @@ -671,6 +671,7 @@ SortIncludes: false > SortUsingDeclarations: false > SpaceAfterCStyleCast: false > SpaceAfterTemplateKeyword: true > +SpaceAroundPointerQualifiers: Both > SpaceBeforeAssignmentOperators: true > SpaceBeforeCtorInitializerColon: true > SpaceBeforeInheritanceColon: true > > At least that makes it match the documentation example -- I got this: > > const void *a; > void * const b; > void ** const c; > void * const * const d; > int strcmp(const char *a, const char *b); > > But it is only supported in version >= 12, so we need to wait for the > minimum LLVM version bump. Do older versions of clang-format ignore entries they don't understand?