linux kernel coding style and checkpatch.pl script

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 02:36:23PM +0300, Konstantin Andreev wrote:
> Valdis Klētnieks, 26 Mar 2020 07:13 MSK:
> > 
> > To borrow from Pirates of the Carribean, "They're not exactly rules, they're more like... suggestions..."
> > 
> > Don't split literal strings, it means that grepping the source tree for "already registered" fails. Making grep for a string work is more important than shutting up checkpatch.
> 
> Sic! Grepping is important. Given that, why are kernel functions coded in a
> 
> | static int __init loglevel(char *str)
> | {
> 
> way, but not old decent
> 
> | static int __init
> | loglevel(char *str)
> | {
> 
> unix way?

Documentation/process/coding-style.rst