Re: [PATCH 1/2] tracing: Simplify & fix saved_tgids logic

[Joe Perches]

On 2021-07-01 11:26, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> [ Added Joe Perches ]
>
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 11:12:54 -0700
> Paul Burton <paulburton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > not to mention, we don't
> > > use '//' comments in the kernel, so that would have to be changed.
> >
> > D'oh! Apparently a year away from the kernel melted my internal style
> > checker. Interestingly though, checkpatch didn't complain about this 
> > as
> > I would have expected...
>
> Joe, should the above be added to checkpatch?
>
> I do understand that there are a few cases it's acceptable. Like for
> SPDX headers.

C99 comments are allowed since about 5 years ago.

And if you really want there's a checkpatch option to disable them.

https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1031132/