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diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst index 79a10d05031e..8a9dae7a0524 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst @@ -197,6 +197,19 @@ it is requested that you make it look like this:: * another line of text */ +What is "reverse xmas tree"? +---------------------------- + +Netdev has a convention for ordering local variables in functions. +Order the variable declaration lines longest to shortest, e.g.:: + + struct scatterlist *sg; + struct sk_buff *skb; + int err, i; + +If there are dependencies between the variables preventing the ordering +move the initialization out of line. + I am working in existing code which uses non-standard formatting. Which formatting should I use? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Make your code follow the most recent guidelines, so that eventually all code |