usb-storage: drop tag from device state.

[qemu.git] / CODING_STYLE

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--- a/CODING_STYLE
+++ b/CODING_STYLE
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Qemu Coding Style
 =================
 
+Please use the script checkpatch.pl in the scripts directory to check
+patches before submitting.
+
 1. Whitespace
 
 Of course, the most important aspect in any coding style is whitespace.
@@ -46,9 +49,6 @@ names are lower_case_with_underscores_ending_with_a_t, like the POSIX
 uint64_t and family.  Note that this last convention contradicts POSIX
 and is therefore likely to be changed.
 
-Typedefs are used to eliminate the redundant 'struct' keyword.  It is the
-QEMU coding style.
-
 When wrapping standard library functions, use the prefix qemu_ to alert
 readers that they are seeing a wrapped version; otherwise avoid this prefix.
 
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ keyword.  Example:
         printf("a was something else entirely.\n");
     }
 
+Note that 'else if' is considered a single statement; otherwise a long if/
+else if/else if/.../else sequence would need an indent for every else
+statement.
+
 An exception is the opening brace for a function; for reasons of tradition
 and clarity it comes on a line by itself: