Re: [PATCH v2] jffs2: remove C++ style comments from uapi header

From: Richard Weinberger
Date: Tue Jun 18 2019 - 03:04:31 EST


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> Von: "Masahiro Yamada" <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> An: "linux-mtd" <linux-mtd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: "Boris Brezillon" <bbrezillon@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Miquel Raynal" <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Brian Norris"
> <computersforpeace@xxxxxxxxx>, "Vignesh Raghavendra" <vigneshr@xxxxxx>, "Marek Vasut" <marek.vasut@xxxxxxxxx>,
> "Masahiro Yamada" <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "richard" <richard@xxxxxx>, "David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. Juni 2019 05:09:26
> Betreff: [PATCH v2] jffs2: remove C++ style comments from uapi header

> 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.
>
> I simply dropped these lines instead of fixing the comment style.
>
> This code has been always commented out since it was added around
> Linux 2.4.9 (i.e. commented out for more than 17 years).
>
> 'Maybe later...' will never happen.

:-)

> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>

Thanks,
//richard