Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst

12 This section will examine the coding process.  We'll start with a look at a
21 Coding style
24 The kernel has long had a standard coding style, described in
25 :ref:`Documentation/process/coding-style.rst <codingstyle>`.  For much of
28 which does not meet the coding style guidelines.  The presence of that code
31 The first of these is to believe that the kernel coding standards do not
40 Occasionally, the kernel's coding style will run into conflict with an
47 urgently in need of coding style fixes.  Developers may start to generate
50 pure coding style fixes are seen as noise by the development community;
53 on it for other reasons, but coding style changes should not be made for
56 The coding style document also should not be read as an absolute law which
63 and to review full files in order to spot coding style mistakes,
316 variety of potential coding problems; it can also propose fixes for those