Re: [PATCH] staging: gpib: Convert // comments to kernel-style block comments
From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Jan 08 2025 - 03:13:53 EST
On Tue, Jan 07, 2025 at 07:27:57PM -0500, Sandeep Salwan wrote:
> This patch replaces several // single-line comments with multiline
> block comments in agilent_82350b.c. According to kernel coding style
> guidelines, we should prefer /* ... */ over // comments, especially
> for multi-line or verbose text. This is purely code cleanup only.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sandeep Salwan <salwansandeep5@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/gpib/agilent_82350b/agilent_82350b.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/gpib/agilent_82350b/agilent_82350b.c b/drivers/staging/gpib/agilent_82350b/agilent_82350b.c
> index 53006d0cc79c..3cd01613d067 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/gpib/agilent_82350b/agilent_82350b.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/gpib/agilent_82350b/agilent_82350b.c
> @@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ int agilent_82350b_accel_read(gpib_board_t *board, uint8_t *buffer, size_t lengt
> int i, num_fifo_bytes;
> //hardware doesn't support checking for end-of-string character when using fifo
> if (tms_priv->eos_flags & REOS) {
> - //pr_info("ag-rd: using tms9914 read for REOS %x EOS %x\n",tms_priv->eos_flags,
> - // tms_priv->eos);
> + /*
> + * pr_info("ag-rd: using tms9914 read for REOS %x EOS %x\n",tms_priv->eos_flags,
> + * tms_priv->eos);
> + */
That's not really a valid comment, right? Why not just delete the line
entirely?
thanks,
greg k-h