Re: [RFD][checkpatch] warnings on space in front of labels

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 10:18 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> There's a new warning that I've seen lately. It is about complaining
> about spaces starting on a new line.
> 
> WARNING: please, no space for starting a line, 
>                                 excluding comments
> #90: FILE: trace-read.c:612:
> + again:$
> 
> 
> Comments are currently the exception, but I would also like to add
> labels too. 

I really hate that /^ label/ stuff and I'm removing them everywhere I
can.


> I really prefer the space in front of the label. In fact, I think it
> should be the default.
> 
> But could we at least remove the warning for spaces in front of labels?

No, kill those spaces with prejudice.

> What do others think?

I'd prefer to run a script over the kernel and remove all those silly spaces.
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