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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: fix comment formatting in asm-generic/pgtable.h:__ptep_modify_prot_

* Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> wrote:

> > - /* Get the current pte state, but zero it out to make it
> > - non-present, preventing the hardware from asynchronously
> > - updating it. */
> > + /*
> > + * Get the current pte state, but zero it out to make it
> > + * non-present, preventing the hardware from asynchronously
> > + * updating it.
> > + */
>
> Since there is debate over whether winged comments are a feature, I'm
> not sure this can be termed a "fix".

Well, if you compare the two variants above Jeremy's solution looks
visually more pleasing, so yes it is an improvement and a fix.

( And it's even very obvious in this case, the vertical line gives a
clear delineation of the information and separates it from the code
sections. )

Also, according to Documentation/CodingStyle:

| The preferred style for long (multi-line) comments is:
|
| /*
| * This is the preferred style for multi-line
| * comments in the Linux kernel source code.
| * Please use it consistently.
| *
| * Description: A column of asterisks on the left side,
| * with beginning and ending almost-blank lines.
| */

arch/x86 and include/asm-x86 follows that rule. (And we'd follow it even
if the issue was typographically debatable [which it isnt] because
consistency is visual rule #0 )

Ingo


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