linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] PCI/AER: Define and allocate aer

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Date:   Wed, 23 May 2018 07:26:56 -0700
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Jes Sorensen <jsorensen@...com>
Cc:     Rajat Jain <rajatja@...gle.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Frederick Lawler <fred@...dlawl.com>,
        Oza Pawandeep <poza@...eaurora.org>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        Gabriele Paoloni <gabriele.paoloni@...wei.com>,
        Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me@...il.com>,
        Thomas Tai <thomas.tai@...cle.com>,
        "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kyle McMartin <jkkm@...com>,
        rajatxjain@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] PCI/AER: Define and allocate aer_stats structure for
 AER capable devices

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:20:10AM -0400, Jes Sorensen wrote:
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_stats.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> 
> Fix the formatting please - that gross // gibberish doesn't belong there.

Sorry, Jes.  The Chief Penguin has Spoken, and that's the preferred
syntax:

2. Style:

   The SPDX license identifier is added in form of a comment.  The comment
   style depends on the file type::

      C source: // SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression>

(you can dig up the discussion around this on the mailing list if you
like.  Linus actually thinks that C++ single-line comments are one of
the few things that language got right)