linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/8] lib: bitmap: remove the 'extern' keyword from function declarations

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Message-ID: <CAMRc=Md74KunuEvVsofn9cqcoKEqprepKadPdZA+JV_GMH7X7g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 30 Jan 2021 21:25:08 +0100
From:   Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-doc <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] lib: bitmap: remove the 'extern' keyword from
 function declarations

On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 4:59 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 02:46:21PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
> >
> > The 'extern' keyword doesn't have any benefits in header files. Remove it.
>
> > +int __bitmap_equal(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
> > +                const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
>
> Why not
>
> int __bitmap_equal(const unsigned long *bitmap1, const unsigned long *bitmap2,
>                    unsigned int nbits);
>
> and so on?
>
> It's even in 80 limit.
>

I feel like this is purely a matter of taste. No rules define exactly
how the lines should be broken. I prefer the longer part to be below,
it just looks better to my eyes.

Bart