Re: [RFC] Documentation/CodingStyle: Add rules for goto labels (-v2)

[Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>]

On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 04:19:38PM +0800, WANG Cong wrote:
> 
> Lindent gets wrong when it meets goto labels. This should be fixed manually.
> And kernel's CodingStyle doesn't specify the indentation for goto labels explicitly.
> 
> This patch adds specifications on those things about goto labels in CodingStyle. And it is
> against -rc3 source tree.
> 
> Thanks to Al Viro, Randy Dunlap, Jeff Garzik and Jeremy Fitzhardinge for their comments!
> 
> Regards!
> 
> Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
> 
> ---
>  CodingStyle |    7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> --- linux-2.6.22-rc3/Documentation/CodingStyle.orig	2007-06-04 15:53:58.000000000 +0800
> +++ linux-2.6.22-rc3/Documentation/CodingStyle	2007-06-04 16:04:31.000000000 +0800
> @@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ something to hide:
>  Don't put multiple assignments on a single line either.  Kernel coding style
>  is super simple.  Avoid tricky expressions.
>  
> +Do care when you use Lindent to indent your code, since it may use spaces
> +instead of tabs before a goto label and it may also align the label in a
> +wrong position. Generally speaking, a goto label should be always aligned in
> +the first column. However, it might make sense to indent a label deeper if
> +you've actually declared it local (__label__). Please fix it manually if you
> +find Lindent is wrong.

If local(__label__) really so widely used in the kernel that it deserves
a place in coding-style?
A quick grep did not say so.


	Sam