Re: Clarifying confusion of our variable placement rules caused by cleanup.h
From: Joe Perches
Date: Sun Jan 18 2026 - 14:52:52 EST
On Sun, 2026-01-18 at 22:33 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> If you're working across the entire kernel like I do then it's safest
> to assume Upside Down Christmas Tree is the rule.
It's still a silly rule. Like James wrote: Foible.
I did about 10 years ago suggest a checkpatch test though:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1478242438.1924.31.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx/