linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 13/19 v2] staging: comedi: amplc

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Message-ID: <DC148C5AA1CEBA4E87973D432B1C2D8825F2A3C2@P3PWEX4MB008.ex4.secureserver.net>
Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:15:23 +0000
From:	Hartley Sweeten <HartleyS@...ionengravers.com>
To:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org" 
	<driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 13/19 v2] staging: comedi: amplc_pci230: remove
 unnecessary braces

On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 7:28 AM, Ian Abbott wrote:
> On 2014-07-30 15:09, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 03:04:03PM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote:
>>> On 2014-07-30 14:41, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 12:53:47PM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote:
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> v2: Be less aggressive in brace removal.  Keep them for outer nested
>>>>> 'if's.  Keep them in outer control statements where the inner control
>>>>> statement uses braces.
>>>>
>>>> Really every multi-line indent should have braces for readability.  This
>>>> isn't documented anywhere, but it's normal kernel style and Greg prefers
>>>> it for staging as well but I can't find the URL on google where he
>>>> mentioned that.
>>>
>>> With this version of the patch, amplc_pci230.c conforms to that --
>>> as long as you don't count comments, or splitting a simple statement
>>> across multiple lines to fit within 80 columns, e.g.:
>>>
>>> 			if (foo)
>>> 				/* do this */
>>> 				bar = baz +
>>> 				      qux;
>>
>> Heh...  I am counting comments and broken lines, though.  It's not a
>> totally strict rule and it's especially not strict for broken lines.
>> But we would prefer braces in those situations.
>
> If necessary, patches 13 and 19 can be dropped entirely.

That might be best for now.

The rest of the series applies fine with them dropped.

Regards,
Hartley

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