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hwmon: submitting-patches: Add note on comment style

Message ID 1568378655-18162-1-git-send-email-linux@roeck-us.net (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
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Series hwmon: submitting-patches: Add note on comment style | expand

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Guenter Roeck Sept. 13, 2019, 12:44 p.m. UTC 
Ask for standard multi-line comments, and ask for consistent
comment style.

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
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 Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches.rst | 4 ++++
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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches.rst
index 6b73dba32b89..9a218ea996d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@  increase the chances of your change being accepted.
   errors, no warnings, and few if any check messages. If there are any
   messages, please be prepared to explain.
 
+* Please use the standard multi-line comment style. Do not mix C and C++
+  style comments in a single driver (with the exception of the SPDX license
+  identifier).
+
 * If your patch generates checkpatch errors, warnings, or check messages,
   please refrain from explanations such as "I prefer that coding style".
   Keep in mind that each unnecessary message helps hiding a real problem,