linux-kernel - Re: Trailing periods in kernel messages

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Message-ID: <20071220234024.3d357f5a@the-village.bc.nu>
Date:	Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:40:24 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	joe@...ches.com, apw@...dowen.org, lizf@...fujitsu.com,
	elendil@...net.nl, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, trivial@...nel.org, rdunlap@...otime.net,
	jschopp@...tin.ibm.com
Subject: Re: Trailing periods in kernel messages

> For the record, I won't be taking any "add period to printk" patches.

> akpm:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc5> grep -r '[^\.]\\n"' net | wc -l
> 4978
> akpm:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc5> grep -r '[\.]\\n"' net | wc -l 
> 493
> 
> Send 'em to Dave!

I was assuming they would go to the trivial patches maintainer, that's
what the poor man is there for.

Alan
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