RE: [PATCH] New Chapter on CodingStyle .

[David Laight]

From: Jonathan Corbet
> Sent: 12 August 2017 15:55
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> > +		Chapter 20: Put values on initialisers without exception
> > +
> > +When declaring variables on functions must put values:
> 
> Thanks for sending a patch for the kernel's documentation.
> Unfortunately, I can't accept this patch for a couple of reasons:
...
> - The coding style document is there to describe the community's
>   standards for kernel code.  It is *not* a mechanism for imposing new
>   standards.  If you really think that the kernel community should adopt
>   this rule, you will need to argue for it on the mailing lists.  I will
>   say, though, that I do not expect that this effort would be successful.

I'd even go as far as suggesting almost the opposite.
Declarations should only have initialisers if the value is constant.

	David