and no space around the '.' and "->" structure member operators.
+Do not leave trailing whitespace at the ends of lines. Some editors with
+"smart" indentation will insert whitespace at the beginning of new lines as
+appropriate, so you can start typing the next line of code right away.
+However, some such editors do not remove the whitespace if you end up not
+putting a line of code there, such as if you leave a blank line. As a result,
+you end up with lines containing trailing whitespace.
+
+Git will warn you about patches that introduce trailing whitespace, and can
+optionally strip the trailing whitespace for you; however, if applying a series
+of patches, this may make later patches in the series fail by changing their
+context lines.
+
Chapter 4: Naming
remember: "indent" is not a fix for bad programming.
- Chapter 10: Configuration-files
-
-For configuration options (arch/xxx/Kconfig, and all the Kconfig files),
-somewhat different indentation is used.
+ Chapter 10: Kconfig configuration files
-Help text is indented with 2 spaces.
+For all of the Kconfig* configuration files throughout the source tree,
+the indentation is somewhat different. Lines under a "config" definition
+are indented with one tab, while help text is indented an additional two
+spaces. Example:
-if CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
- tristate CONFIG_BOOM
- default n
+config AUDIT
+ bool "Auditing support"
+ depends on NET
help
- Apply nitroglycerine inside the keyboard (DANGEROUS)
- bool CONFIG_CHEER
- depends on CONFIG_BOOM
- default y
- help
- Output nice messages when you explode
-endif
+ Enable auditing infrastructure that can be used with another
+ kernel subsystem, such as SELinux (which requires this for
+ logging of avc messages output). Does not do system-call
+ auditing without CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL.
+
+Features that might still be considered unstable should be defined as
+dependent on "EXPERIMENTAL":
-Generally, CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL should surround all options not considered
-stable. All options that are known to trash data (experimental write-
-support for file-systems, for instance) should be denoted (DANGEROUS), other
-experimental options should be denoted (EXPERIMENTAL).
+config SLUB
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !ARCH_USES_SLAB_PAGE_STRUCT
+ bool "SLUB (Unqueued Allocator)"
+ ...
+
+while seriously dangerous features (such as write support for certain
+filesystems) should advertise this prominently in their prompt string:
+
+config ADFS_FS_RW
+ bool "ADFS write support (DANGEROUS)"
+ depends on ADFS_FS
+ ...
+
+For full documentation on the configuration files, see the file
+Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt.
Chapter 11: Data structures
Kernel developers like to be seen as literate. Do mind the spelling
of kernel messages to make a good impression. Do not use crippled
-words like "dont" and use "do not" or "don't" instead.
+words like "dont"; use "do not" or "don't" instead. Make the messages
+concise, clear, and unambiguous.
Kernel messages do not have to be terminated with a period.
Printing numbers in parentheses (%d) adds no value and should be avoided.
+There are a number of driver model diagnostic macros in <linux/device.h>
+which you should use to make sure messages are matched to the right device
+and driver, and are tagged with the right level: dev_err(), dev_warn(),
+dev_info(), and so forth. For messages that aren't associated with a
+particular device, <linux/kernel.h> defines pr_debug() and pr_info().
+
+Coming up with good debugging messages can be quite a challenge; and once
+you have them, they can be a huge help for remote troubleshooting. Such
+messages should be compiled out when the DEBUG symbol is not defined (that
+is, by default they are not included). When you use dev_dbg() or pr_debug(),
+that's automatic. Many subsystems have Kconfig options to turn on -DDEBUG.
+A related convention uses VERBOSE_DEBUG to add dev_vdbg() messages to the
+ones already enabled by DEBUG.
+
Chapter 14: Allocating memory
defined that you shouldn't reproduce in your code.
+ Chapter 18: Editor modelines and other cruft
+
+Some editors can interpret configuration information embedded in source files,
+indicated with special markers. For example, emacs interprets lines marked
+like this:
+
+-*- mode: c -*-
+
+Or like this:
+
+/*
+Local Variables:
+compile-command: "gcc -DMAGIC_DEBUG_FLAG foo.c"
+End:
+*/
+
+Vim interprets markers that look like this:
+
+/* vim:set sw=8 noet */
+
+Do not include any of these in source files. People have their own personal
+editor configurations, and your source files should not override them. This
+includes markers for indentation and mode configuration. People may use their
+own custom mode, or may have some other magic method for making indentation
+work correctly.
+
+
Appendix I: References
http://www.kroah.com/linux/talks/ols_2002_kernel_codingstyle_talk/html/
--
-Last updated on 2006-December-06.
+Last updated on 2007-July-13.
+
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