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DateSun, 30 Mar 2008 07:31:30 +0200 (CEST)
FromJan Engelhardt <>
SubjectRe: style of function definitions (Re: [patch] bkl2mtd: cleanup)
On Sunday 2008-03-30 06:29, Oleg Verych wrote:
> []
>>>> -static int block2mtd_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len,
>>>> +static int
>>>> +block2mtd_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len,
>>>>  		size_t *retlen, const u_char *buf)
>>>
>>> Again, why split it that way?
>>
>> these are really nuances, so unless you are interested in such nuances
>> nowhere found in CodingStyle, stop reading here :-)
>
> Nuances, or not, there are all kinds of stuff in Linux. Very small
> journey from simple `grep` and trivial multi-line `sed` to a huge
> discovery can be found here:
>
> http://kernelnewbies.org/olecom#Function_definitions
>
> No matter what coding style is, the winner is "linux-2.6/fs/xfs", and
> i doubt anyone can fix that :)

They at least have an excuse of having a historical unix background :)


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