linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] CodingStyle: make Documentation/CodingStyle into symlink

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Message-ID: <d5b360c6-1ef4-4344-9ad5-91ba5d962183@p183>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 21:32:37 +0300
From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, workflows@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] CodingStyle: make Documentation/CodingStyle into
 symlink

On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 06:57:49PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 07:08:53PM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > On Sat, May 10, 2025 at 04:05:29AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> > > Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> writes:
> > > 
> > > > Every time I open Documentation/CodingStyle it says the party moved
> > > > somewhere else. :-(
> > > >
> > > > Of course, I forget where it moved to by the next time.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
> > > > ---
> > > 
> > > No 0/9 cover letter?
> > 
> > Not really. Cover letter would be very short:
> > 
> > 	Tweak coding style to add things I've learned over the years of
> > 	Linux/C programming.
> > 
> > 	And stop making kernel devs look like aliens from another Universe
> > 	(see static_assert() rule and especially(!) "declare ALAP" rule)
> 
> Both of those are not valid reasons to change coding style, sorry.

Please read individual items.

I never liked cover letters because they don't get captured in
the commit messages so why bother.

> Again, learn about _why_ we have one,

> don't get bogged down in the details of _what_ it is.

CodingStyle is quite detailed at the moment.
Especially if some new details decreate bug rate a little.