Tool for automatic style of coding guidelines

Greg KH greg at kroah.com
Fri Jan 27 13:15:44 EST 2012


On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 05:50:30PM +0530, Prajosh Premdas wrote:
> Hi 
> 
> I have developed some kernel drivers and would like to send the patches for
> review. But i find that I have not followed the coding guideline for tabs and
> spaces properly, which can be easily corrected by using some tools like
> astyle. 
> 
> Can any body please help me with the proper commands string for the astyle
> tool? Or could any body please suggest me with any new tool like indent etc
> which you are using

scripts/Lindent will give you a good start, but odds are you really want
to do this by hand, it will be easier in the end as indent can do some
strange things at times.

good luck,

greg k-h



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