linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/2] docs: checkpatch: Align block comment style

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Message-ID: <20251017203719.1554224-1-briannorris@chromium.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:37:11 -0700
From: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
To: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
	Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	workflows@...r.kernel.org,
	Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] docs: checkpatch: Align block comment style

Ironically, the block style comments in the checkpatch documentation are
not aligned properly. Correct that.

Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
---

Changes in v2:
 * Add Randy's Reviewed/Tested-by

 Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
index d5c47e560324..d7fe023b3080 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
@@ -461,16 +461,16 @@ Comments
     line comments is::
 
       /*
-      * This is the preferred style
-      * for multi line comments.
-      */
+       * This is the preferred style
+       * for multi line comments.
+       */
 
     The networking comment style is a bit different, with the first line
     not empty like the former::
 
       /* This is the preferred comment style
-      * for files in net/ and drivers/net/
-      */
+       * for files in net/ and drivers/net/
+       */
 
     See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html#commenting
 
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