From: Brian Norris Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 20:37:11 +0000 (-0700) Subject: docs: checkpatch: Align block comment style X-Git-Url: https://gentwo.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7159cf9fad12e827883104715675856aab20b00d;p=linux%2F.git docs: checkpatch: Align block comment style Ironically, the block style comments in the checkpatch documentation are not aligned properly. Correct that. Signed-off-by: Brian Norris Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap Tested-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <20251017203719.1554224-1-briannorris@chromium.org> --- diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst index d5c47e560324..d7fe023b3080 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst @@ -461,16 +461,16 @@ Comments line comments is:: /* - * This is the preferred style - * for multi line comments. - */ + * This is the preferred style + * for multi line comments. + */ The networking comment style is a bit different, with the first line not empty like the former:: /* This is the preferred comment style - * for files in net/ and drivers/net/ - */ + * for files in net/ and drivers/net/ + */ See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html#commenting