Re: [PATCH 6/6] tick: add a missing dot in prink

[Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>]

Frans Pop wrote:
> Li Zefan wrote:
>> Add a missing '.' in prink information.
>> -			printk(" no tick device\n");
>> +			printk(" no tick device.\n");
> 
> I wonder if that is correct. CodingStyle says:
>                 Chapter 13: Printing kernel messages
>    [...]
>    Kernel messages do not have to be terminated with a period.
> 
> I personally think that rule could be made a bit stricter as for example
> dmesg output currently looks fairly inconsistent with some messages
> terminated with a period while most messages are not and have been wondering
> if I should file patches to _remove_ periods.
> 
> Maybe the rule should be changed to:
>    Kernel messages should not be terminated with a period, unless a single
>    message contains multiple sentences.
> ?

But why a kernel message should not be terminated with a period? It does no harm
at all. And if the message is a complete sentence, it's grammatical correct to
terminated with a period.

I think CodingStyle just says an ending period is not mandatory. It does not
discourage the ending period.