Re: Trailing periods in kernel messages

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:54:11 +0000
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> > Documentation/Coding Style
> > 
> > 		Chapter 13: Printing kernel messages
> > 
> > Kernel messages do not have to be terminated with a period.
> 
> 
> This piece of the document is wrong. It should also be changed. I've no
> idea how such a ludicrous statement ever got into the Coding Style but I
> have never seen it discussed and an archive search suggests it just
> sneaked in without any kind of approval and discussion the list.
> 
> Kernel messages are in English. Let us keep it that way. Missing
> punctuation is equated by many parts of the English speaking world with
> poor quality, sloppy products and low levels of education. These are not
> things with which we wish to be associated IMHO.
> 
> NAK to the patch.

akpm:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc5> grep -r '[^\.]\\n"' . | wc -l   
105297
akpm:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc5> grep -r '[\.]\\n"' . | wc -l  
12743

For the record, I won't be taking any "add period to printk" patches.

akpm:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc5> grep -r '[^\.]\\n"' net | wc -l
4978
akpm:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc5> grep -r '[\.]\\n"' net | wc -l 
493

Send 'em to Dave!