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

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Date:   Wed, 23 May 2018 10:32:24 -0400
From:   Jes Sorensen <jsorensen@...com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
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 05/23/2018 10:26 AM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> 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)

Well I'll agree to disagree with Linus on this one. It's ugly as fsck
and allows for ambiguous statements in the code.

Jes