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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-04-11 10:51:26 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-04-11 10:51:26 -0700 |
| commit | 8837c70d531a1788f975c366c254a5cb973a5291 (patch) | |
| tree | f7a719d01090efb3bc534f5b0d7f13ec87eecadb /Documentation/process/coding-style.rst | |
| parent | b284d4d5a6785f8cd07eda2646a95782373cd01e (diff) | |
| parent | b93b016313b3ba8003c3b8bb71f569af91f19fc7 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge more updates from Andrew Morton:
- almost all of the rest of MM
- kasan updates
- lots of procfs work
- misc things
- lib/ updates
- checkpatch
- rapidio
- ipc/shm updates
- the start of willy's XArray conversion
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (140 commits)
page cache: use xa_lock
xarray: add the xa_lock to the radix_tree_root
fscache: use appropriate radix tree accessors
export __set_page_dirty
unicore32: turn flush_dcache_mmap_lock into a no-op
arm64: turn flush_dcache_mmap_lock into a no-op
mac80211_hwsim: use DEFINE_IDA
radix tree: use GFP_ZONEMASK bits of gfp_t for flags
linux/const.h: refactor _BITUL and _BITULL a bit
linux/const.h: move UL() macro to include/linux/const.h
linux/const.h: prefix include guard of uapi/linux/const.h with _UAPI
xen, mm: allow deferred page initialization for xen pv domains
elf: enforce MAP_FIXED on overlaying elf segments
fs, elf: drop MAP_FIXED usage from elf_map
mm: introduce MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE
MAINTAINERS: update bouncing aacraid@adaptec.com addresses
fs/dcache.c: add cond_resched() in shrink_dentry_list()
include/linux/kfifo.h: fix comment
ipc/shm.c: shm_split(): remove unneeded test for NULL shm_file_data.vm_ops
kernel/sysctl.c: add kdoc comments to do_proc_do{u}intvec_minmax_conv_param
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diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst index d98deb62c400..4e7c0a1c427a 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst @@ -631,6 +631,14 @@ options ``-kr -i8`` (stands for ``K&R, 8 character indents``), or use re-formatting you may want to take a look at the man page. But remember: ``indent`` is not a fix for bad programming. +Note that you can also use the ``clang-format`` tool to help you with +these rules, to quickly re-format parts of your code automatically, +and to review full files in order to spot coding style mistakes, +typos and possible improvements. It is also handy for sorting ``#includes``, +for aligning variables/macros, for reflowing text and other similar tasks. +See the file :ref:`Documentation/process/clang-format.rst <clangformat>` +for more details. + 10) Kconfig configuration files ------------------------------- |