linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 7/8] auxdisplay: Add Titanmec TM16xx 7-segment display controllers driver

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Message-ID: <aGJe2krBnrPXQiU6@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:54:34 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>, ojeda@...nel.org
Cc: Jean-François Lessard <jefflessard3@...il.com>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>,
	Boris Gjenero <boris.gjenero@...il.com>,
	Christian Hewitt <christianshewitt@...il.com>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Paolo Sabatino <paolo.sabatino@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/8] auxdisplay: Add Titanmec TM16xx 7-segment display
 controllers driver

On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 11:27:21AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 30/06/2025 09:27, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 08:12:16AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> On 29/06/2025 15:18, Jean-François Lessard wrote:

...

> >>> +	display->leds =
> >>> +		devm_kcalloc(dev, display->num_leds, sizeof(*display->leds), GFP_KERNEL);
> >>
> >> Wrong wrapping. Use kernel style, not clang style.
> >>
> >>
> >>> +	if (!display->leds)
> >>> +		return -ENOMEM;
> > 
> > Just wondering how .clang-format is official? Note some of the maintainers even
> 
> First time I hear above clang style is preferred. Where is it expected?

Documented here:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html#you-ve-made-a-mess-of-it

For example, discussed here
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAPcyv4ij3s+9uO0f9aLHGj3=ACG7hAjZ0Rf=tyFmpt3+uQyymw@mail.gmail.com/
or here
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/64dbeffcf243a_47b5729487@dwillia2-mobl3.amr.corp.intel.com.notmuch/
or
...

> I assume clang-format is half-working and should not be used blindly,
> but fixed to match actual kernel coding style.

That sounds like the case, at least in accordance with Miguel.

> > prefer (ugly in some cases in my opinion) style because it's generated by the
> > clang-format.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko