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

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Message-ID: <CANiq72=duGy7Rakm=JG9ifB4D5qufemKvXMfvpW3Ky7wZ4bXcQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 9 Oct 2022 18:52:50 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-doc <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kernel style preference trivia: '* const' vs '*const' ?

On Sun, Oct 9, 2022 at 6:21 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
>
> The kernel uses '* const' about 10:1 over '*const'

Yeah, going with the most commonly used one sounds best.

clang-format will be able to handle either way with
`SpaceAroundPointerQualifiers` as soon as the minimum is LLVM 12.

Cheers,
Miguel