[PATCH] ocxl: do not use C++ style comments in uapi header

Andrew Donnellan ajd at linux.ibm.com
Wed Jun 5 16:16:23 AEST 2019


On 4/6/19 10:12 pm, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 8:54 PM Frederic Barrat <fbarrat at linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Le 04/06/2019 à 13:16, Masahiro Yamada a écrit :
>>> Linux kernel tolerates C++ style comments these days. Actually, the
>>> SPDX License tags for .c files start with //.
>>>
>>> On the other hand, uapi headers are written in more strict C, where
>>> the C++ comment style is forbidden.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro at socionext.com>
>>> ---
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Acked-by: Frederic Barrat <fbarrat at linux.ibm.com>
>>
> 
> Please hold on this patch until
> we get consensus about the C++ comment style.
> 
> Discussion just started here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1083801/

If you choose to proceed with this patch:

Acked-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd at linux.ibm.com>

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Andrew Donnellan              OzLabs, ADL Canberra
ajd at linux.ibm.com             IBM Australia Limited



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