Re: [PATCH 2/6] genalloc: selftest

[Randy Dunlap]

On 02/11/18 12:22, Philippe Ombredanne wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 4:19 AM, Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Introduce a set of macros for writing concise test cases for genalloc.
>>
>> The test cases are meant to provide regression testing, when working on
>> new functionality for genalloc.
>>
>> Primarily they are meant to confirm that the various allocation strategy
>> will continue to work as expected.
>>
>> The execution of the self testing is controlled through a Kconfig option.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/include/linux/genalloc-selftest.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> 
> nit... For a comment in .h this line should be instead its own comment
> as the first line:
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */

Why are we treating header files (.h) differently than .c files?
Either one can use the C++ "//" comment syntax.

> <snip>
> 
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/lib/genalloc-selftest.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,400 @@
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> 
> And for a comment in .c this line should use C++ style as the first line:
> 
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> 
> Please check the docs for this (I know this can feel surprising but
> this has been debated at great length on list)
> 
> Thank you!
> 


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~Randy