Re: Clarifying confusion of our variable placement rules caused by cleanup.h

Joe Perches <[email protected]> Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:52:42 -0800
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.ksummit,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
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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/[email protected]/