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authorAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>2019-01-04 02:26:16 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-01-05 00:13:45 +0300
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Documentation/process/coding-style.rst: don't use "extern" with function prototypes
`extern' with function prototypes makes lines longer and creates more characters on the screen. Do not bug people with checkpatch.pl warnings for now as fallout can be devastating. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181101134153.GA29267@avx2 Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -443,6 +443,9 @@ In function prototypes, include parameter names with their data types.
Although this is not required by the C language, it is preferred in Linux
because it is a simple way to add valuable information for the reader.
+Do not use the `extern' keyword with function prototypes as this makes
+lines longer and isn't strictly necessary.
+
7) Centralized exiting of functions
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