linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 3/5] kobject: Fix kernel-doc comment first line

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Date:   Fri, 3 May 2019 10:05:40 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>,
        "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/5] kobject: Fix kernel-doc comment first line

On Fri 2019-05-03 09:56:07, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 11:40:15AM +1000, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> > On Thu, May 02, 2019 at 10:39:22AM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > I am totally aware this is close to code churn and any discussion is
> > bikeshedding ... for me just because loads of places don't do this it
> > still looks nicer to my eyes
> > 
> > /**
> > * sfn() - Super awesome function.
> > 
> > than
> > 
> > /**
> > */ sfn() - super awesome function
> > 
> > I most likely will keep doing these changes if I am touching the
> > kernel-doc comments for other reasons and then drop the changes if the
> > subsystem maintainer thinks its code churn.
> > 
> > I defiantly won't do theses changes in GNSS, GREYBUS, or USB SERIAL.
> 
> This isn't about any particular subsystem, but more the tendency of
> people to make up random rules and try to to force it on others. It's
> churn, and also makes things like code forensics and backports harder
> for no good reason.

+1

But I could understand that it is hard to keep it as is when it bothers
ones eyes. I tend to change these things as well and have to activelly
stop myself again and again ;-)

Best Regards,
Petr