netdev - Re: [PATCH] Adding-Agile-SD-TCP-module-and-modifying-Kconfig-and-makefile

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Date:   Tue, 15 Aug 2017 10:36:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     rdunlap@...radead.org
Cc:     ncardwell@...gle.com, mohamed.a.alrshah@...e.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mothman@....edu.my,
        borhan@....edu.my, zurinamh@....edu.my
Subject: Re: [PATCH]
 Adding-Agile-SD-TCP-module-and-modifying-Kconfig-and-makefile

From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 09:41:53 -0700

> On 08/15/2017 06:51 AM, Neal Cardwell wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 9:08 AM, mohamedalrshah
>> <mohamed.a.alrshah@...e.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> +static void agilesdtcp_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack, u32 in_flight)
>>> +{
>>> +       struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
>>> +       struct agilesdtcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
>>> +       u32 inc_factor;
>>> +       u32 ca_inc;
>>> +       u32 current_gap, total_gap;
>> 
>> For coding style, please order local variable declarations from
>> longest to shortest line, also know as Reverse Christmas Tree Format.
> 
> Per what coding style, please?  This is not in current coding style nor in the
> netdev-FAQ exceptions.

It is the established practice, documented or not, and I enforce this for all
networking code submissions.