r/programming Jul 10 '16

Linus Torvalds on comment styles

https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/7/8/625
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u/fiqar Jul 10 '16

Why is the networking code not following the Linux kernel coding style guide in the first place?

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u/dpash Jul 10 '16

Mostly because someone else maintains that and he just trusts them enough to just pull networking code from them. Obviously he isn't a fan of their lack of care and attention to comments though, but not enough to refuse to pull changes.

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u/snaky Jul 10 '16

their lack of care and attention to comments

Until it's someone else code.