linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] staging: lustre: headers: sort headers affected by obdo move

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Date:   Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:34:55 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Ben Evans <bevans@...y.com>
Cc:     James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>,
        "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>,
        Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lustre Development List <lustre-devel@...ts.lustre.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] staging: lustre: headers: sort headers affected
 by obdo move

A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?

http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 02:42:29PM +0000, Ben Evans wrote:
> This was done to conform to the Lustre Coding Guidelines.

What is this mythical guidelines, and why does it differ from the kernel
source ones?

And again, why is this patch required?

thanks,

greg k-h