linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] docs: Explain the desired position of function attributes

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Date:   Sat, 2 Oct 2021 14:42:54 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] docs: Explain the desired position of function
 attributes

On Sat, Oct 02, 2021 at 06:27:02PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 5:22 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> >
> > If automated scripts exist to change all the code to that new
> > 'one true way', it wouldn't be applied.
> 
> I think nobody is saying we should reformat all code at once, just
> that agreeing on a given style allows us to eventually automate it (it
> also makes humans more likely to be consistent).

I just want to know what style to use to not have it NAKed by Linus. ;)

But yeah, it might be nice to do style checking against the kernel some
day. We have a lot of weird stuff in here, though! *slaps roof of kernel*

-- 
Kees Cook