On Thu, 2019-05-23 at 11:49 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 3:37 PM Joe Perches <[email protected]> wrote: [] > > I could also wire up a patch to checkpatch and docs to > > remove the /* */ requirement for .h files and prefer > > the generic // form for both .c and .h files as the > > current minimum tooling versions now all allow // > > comments > > . > > We have control for minimal tool versions for building the kernel, > so I think // will be OK for in-kernel headers. > > > On the other hand, I am not quite sure about UAPI headers. > We cannot define minimum tool versions > for building user-space. > Perhaps, using // in UAPI headers causes a problem > if an ancient compiler is used?
Good point. Thanks.
