Re: [PATCH] drivers: Conversions from kmalloc+memset to k(z|c)alloc.

[Stefan Richter]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Tomasz KÅoczko wrote:
> > Moment .. are you want to say something like "keep commont coding 
> > style can't be maintained by tool" ?

Yes and no.

> > Even if indent watches on to small coding style emenets still I don't 
> > see why using this tool isn't one of the current ement of release 
> > procedure (?).
>
> indent isn't perfect, _especially_ where C99 comes into the picture.
>
> And running indent across the tree pre-release would (a) create a ton of 
> noise before each release, and (b) undo perfectly valid, readable 
> formatting.
>
> scripts/Lindent exists and gets used, but it is not perfect.

Tomasz,

yes, we have scripts/Lindent, but it cannot and is not supposed to solve 
all style issues. Coding style is about _much_ more than whitespace. It 
includes sensible names, usage of language features...

Furthermore, much of this thread revolved around style issues where a 
common coding style is not fully established in the first place.
--
Stefan Richter
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