linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ocxl: do not use C++ style comments in uapi header

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNASV9Chjd+o3+2ZbA0WHu=dVBFf2AC1dT=eLSf3_2pe12Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 4 Jun 2019 21:12:37 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ocxl: do not use C++ style comments in uapi header

On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 8:54 PM Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Le 04/06/2019 à 13:16, Masahiro Yamada a écrit :
> > Linux kernel tolerates C++ style comments these days. Actually, the
> > SPDX License tags for .c files start with //.
> >
> > On the other hand, uapi headers are written in more strict C, where
> > the C++ comment style is forbidden.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> > ---
>
> Thanks!
> Acked-by: Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com>
>

Please hold on this patch until
we get consensus about the C++ comment style.

Discussion just started here:
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1083801/


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada