On 05/23/2018 10:26 AM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:20:10AM -0400, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>>> +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_stats.c
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
>>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>
>> Fix the formatting please - that gross // gibberish doesn't belong there.
> 
> Sorry, Jes.  The Chief Penguin has Spoken, and that's the preferred
> syntax:
> 
> 2. Style:
> 
>    The SPDX license identifier is added in form of a comment.  The comment
>    style depends on the file type::
> 
>       C source: // SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression>
> 
> (you can dig up the discussion around this on the mailing list if you
> like.  Linus actually thinks that C++ single-line comments are one of
> the few things that language got right)

Well I'll agree to disagree with Linus on this one. It's ugly as fsck
and allows for ambiguous statements in the code.

Jes

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