Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] lib/vsprintf: Sort headers alphabetically

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Mon, Aug 07, 2023 at 04:31:37PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Sat 2023-08-05 20:50:25, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > Sorting headers alphabetically helps locating duplicates, and
> > make it easier to figure out where to insert new headers.
> 
> I agree that includes become a mess after some time. But I am
> not persuaded that sorting them alphabetically in random source
> files help anything.
> 
> Is this part of some grand plan for the entire kernel, please?
> Is this outcome from some particular discussion?
> Will this become a well know rule checked by checkpatch.pl?
> 
> I am personally not going to reject patches because of wrongly
> sorted headers unless there is some real plan behind it.
> 
> I agree that it might look better. An inverse Christmas' tree
> also looks better. But it does not mean that it makes the life
> easier.

It does from my point of view as maintainability is increased.

> The important things are still hidden in the details
> (every single line).
> 
> From my POV, this patch would just create a mess in the git
> history and complicate backporting.
> 
> I am sorry but I will not accept this patch unless there
> is a wide consensus that this makes sense.

Your choice, of course, But I see in practice dup headers being
added, or some unrelated ones left untouched because header list
mess, and in those cases sorting can help (a bit) in my opinion.

TL;DR: I was tolerating unsorted mess (for really long header
inclusion block) up to the point when I realized how it helps
people to maintain the code.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko