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Date:	Sat, 11 Dec 2010 15:18:46 +0800
From:	HarryWei <harryxiyou@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: CodingStyle

> 2010/12/11 Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
> 
> > On Sat, 11 Dec 2010, HarryWei wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >       I just read the CodingSyle at Documentation directory in
> > linux-2.6.23 kernel source code.
> > >       But a problem happened to me like following.
> > >       Functions in linux-2.6.23/fs/fs-writeback.c are "static int" and
> > function name are in different lines.(function name in following line)
> > >       I can't find the rule in CodingStyle. That We often program
> > functions are "static int" and function name are in the same line.
> > >       When do we do the first or second way? What is different between
> > them?
> > >
> > >   Any answer is okay.
> > >   Best regards.
> >
> >   the advantage to the form
> >
> > static int
> > function-name
> >
> > is that, if you're looking for the actual function *definition* in the
> > file, having the function name at the start of a new line means you
> > can search for it with the pattern "^function-name" so that you don't
> > have to wade through all of the invocations of that function.
> >
> >  i like that style; others claim that with proper cross-referencers
> > like cscope, doing that is redundant.  as far as i know, the kernel
> > coding style doesn't take a position on that, but i'm willing to be
> > corrected.
Thanks, i see :)
> >
> > rday
> >
> > --
> >
> > ========================================================================
> > Robert P. J. Day                               Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
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> >
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> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best Regards.
> Harry Wei.
> Do what u like!
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