From a78a136fa9337fdc25fdbaa2d253f9b4dc90ad44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:18:28 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Remove "Don't use C99-style comments" Because Linus may still be reading source code on greenbar paper instead of color terminals with code syntax highlighting and appropriate font decorations. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFyQYJerovMsSoSKS7PessZBr4vNp-3QUUwhqk4A4_jcbg@mail.gmail.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches --- Documentation/CodingStyle | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle index 784226e396fe..0f1dbd87eb48 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingStyle +++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle @@ -474,9 +474,6 @@ When commenting the kernel API functions, please use the kernel-doc format. See the files Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst and scripts/kernel-doc for details. -Linux style for comments is the C89 "/* ... */" style. -Don't use C99-style "// ..." comments. - The preferred style for long (multi-line) comments is: /*