Re: Style Question

[Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>]

Cong WANG wrote:
> Hi, list!
> 
> I have a question about coding style in linux kernel. In
> Documention/CodingStyle, it is said that "Linux style for comments is
> the C89 "/* ... */" style. Don't use C99-style "// ..." comments."
> _But_ I see a lot of '//' style comments in current kernel code.
> 
> Which is wrong? The documentions or the code, or neither? And why?

The code.. As with a lot of coding style issues, it's likely just that 
nobody saw it and bothered to complain when it went in.

> Another question is about NULL. AFAIK, in user space, using NULL is
> better than directly using 0 in C. In kernel, I know it used its own
> NULL, which may be defined as ((void*)0), but it's _still_ different
> from raw zero. So can I say using NULL is better than 0 in kernel?

It's the preferred style, Sparse will complain about using 0 for a null 
pointer for example..

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