From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
To: corbet@lwn.net
Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] CodingStyle: advise on using "sysctl" in sysctl variables
Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 23:34:24 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250509203430.3448-3-adobriyan@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250509203430.3448-1-adobriyan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/process/coding-style.rst | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
index a4fbe45c3eb9..ac9c1dbe00b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
@@ -356,6 +356,10 @@ specification that mandates those terms. For new specifications
translate specification usage of the terminology to the kernel coding
standard where possible.
+Variables holding data exported via sysctl interface better have ``sysctl``
+somewhere in the name. This should remind developer that its value may change
+at any moment unsynchronized with the rest of the code.
+
Typedefs
--------
--
2.49.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-05-09 20:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-05-09 20:34 [PATCH 1/9] CodingStyle: make Documentation/CodingStyle into symlink Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-09 20:34 ` [PATCH 2/9] CodingStyle: delete explicit numbering Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-12 9:06 ` Jani Nikula
2025-05-09 20:34 ` Alexey Dobriyan [this message]
2025-05-09 20:34 ` [PATCH 4/9] CodingStyle: mention "typedef struct S {} S;" if typedef is used Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-10 6:18 ` Greg KH
2025-05-13 18:34 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-10 10:47 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-05-10 10:47 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-05-13 18:37 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-09 20:34 ` [PATCH 5/9] CodingStyle: institute better inline assembly formatting Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-13 19:41 ` David Laight
2025-05-09 20:34 ` [PATCH 6/9] CodingStyle: recommend static_assert/_Static_assert Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-10 6:21 ` Greg KH
2025-05-13 18:41 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-13 19:40 ` David Laight
2025-05-09 20:34 ` [PATCH 7/9] CodingStyle: new variable declaration placement rule Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-09 20:34 ` [PATCH 8/9] CodingStyle: tell people how to split long "for" loops Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-10 18:56 ` David Laight
2025-05-12 16:20 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-12 16:59 ` Greg KH
2025-05-12 19:09 ` David Laight
2025-05-09 20:34 ` [PATCH 9/9] CodingStyle: flip the rule about curlies Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-09 21:44 ` Randy Dunlap
2025-05-10 6:18 ` Greg KH
2025-05-12 16:43 ` Jeff Johnson
2025-05-12 16:56 ` Greg KH
2025-05-13 19:06 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-15 16:33 ` Jeff Johnson
2025-05-09 20:40 ` [PATCH 1/9] CodingStyle: make Documentation/CodingStyle into symlink Ozgur Kara
2025-05-10 10:05 ` Jonathan Corbet
2025-05-12 16:08 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-12 16:57 ` Greg KH
2025-05-13 18:32 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-14 18:55 ` Jonathan Corbet
2025-05-13 4:12 ` Al Viro
2025-05-13 18:33 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-13 19:04 ` Al Viro
2025-05-13 19:26 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2025-05-13 19:50 ` Al Viro
2025-05-19 16:21 ` Pavel Machek
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