linux-kernel - kernel style preference trivia: '* const' vs '*const' ?

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Message-ID: <9ff662d738612f0ed2cea39266768a2eff21edc3.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Sun, 09 Oct 2022 09:21:39 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-doc <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Subject: kernel style preference trivia: '* const' vs '*const' ?

The kernel uses '* const' about 10:1 over '*const'

coding_style and checkpatch don't care one way or another.

Does anyone care if there should be some kernel style preference?

$ git grep -P -oh '\b(?:char|u8)\s*\*\s*const\b' -- '*.[ch]' | \
  sort | uniq -c | sort -rn
  12450 char * const
   1357 char *const
     41 u8 * const
     17 char* const
      9 u8 *const
      5 char		*const
      2 char      * const
      2 char			*const
      1 char  * const
      1 char	*const
      1 char		* const