linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] jffs2: remove C++ style comments from uapi header

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNARA62uqi8rkDeJ=zjA6vnruTAH2VGOBd4=sQMhF+FHMLA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:06:31 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:     Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Boris Brezillon <bbrezillon@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        linux-mtd <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] jffs2: remove C++ style comments from uapi header

On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 3:20 PM Richard Weinberger <richard@....at> wrote:
>
> ----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> > Von: "Masahiro Yamada" <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> > An: "linux-mtd" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>
> > CC: "Boris Brezillon" <bbrezillon@...nel.org>, "Miquel Raynal" <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>, "Brian Norris"
> > <computersforpeace@...il.com>, "Vignesh Raghavendra" <vigneshr@...com>, "Marek Vasut" <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
> > "Masahiro Yamada" <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>, "richard" <richard@....at>, "David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
> > "linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. Juni 2019 05:09:26
> > Betreff: [PATCH v2] jffs2: remove C++ style comments from uapi header
>
> > 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.
> >
> > I simply dropped these lines instead of fixing the comment style.
> >
> > This code has been always commented out since it was added around
> > Linux 2.4.9 (i.e. commented out for more than 17 years).
> >
> > 'Maybe later...' will never happen.
>
> :-)
>
> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
>
> Acked-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
>
> Thanks,
> //richard


Will this be picked up for v5.3-rc1 ?



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada