On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 16:08:04 +0200 Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org> wrote:
> Yeah, rainbows and unicorns are shiny. Also, I put kerneldoc (if I put > it at all) at the definition site, not the declaration. So headers are > useless. What's wrong with rainbows and unicorns. We all have our ponys, and some of them are unicorns. https://www.slideshare.net/brendangregg/velocity-2015-linux-perf-tools/105 > > > In any case, I don't mind the extra line of comment. Don't really see > the point of it either. What I am convinced of is that > lockdep_assert_held() lines are far more useful than such comment lines. I agree with the lockdep assert held being more useful. But I disagree with removing comments about required locks when it is added. A comment may save a developer an embarrassing moment of being yelled at because they didn't test their code with lockdep enabled. And that is useful. -- Steve