linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] [condingstyle] Add chapter on tests

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Date:	Sun, 27 May 2007 23:17:51 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
Cc:	"Jan Engelhardt" <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
	randy.dunlap@...cle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] [condingstyle] Add chapter on tests

On 5/27/07, Kok, Auke <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com> wrote:
> that piece is a copy of mm/slab.c, and all over the core components of the
> kernel (even fs/inode.c written by Linus). I strongly think that "== NULL"
> doesn't add anything and that well-written functions and well-named variables
> really do not need the extra fluff.

Yup, I we really don't use "== NULL" in core code that much. But I am
not convinced this should be in CodingStyle either. It's more of a
maintainer preference thing above all.
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