Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Trailing periods in kernel messages | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:43:04 -0800 |
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On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 21:07 +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > I missed the context on this one. So this is checking for periods at > > the end of messages for printk's. We would need something a little > > cleverer to ensure we are only checking the contents of the string. But > > eminently doable. > > > > /me plays > > > > Ok, yes this seems ok. Have added it for 0.13. > > Please remove it. > > The kernel printk messages are sentences. English language sentences end > with a full stop. They are messages printed up for normal human beings to > read and they should therefore be properly written.
Documentation/Coding Style
Chapter 13: Printing kernel messages
Kernel messages do not have to be terminated with a period.
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