X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=CODING_STYLE;h=5ecfa2216109963cb646b5fcf00a10c85d3d0655;hb=1167bfd63d983eaa4816ee0edb185f98ff070d6d;hp=92036f34bc71737ad01af0a2a94a2f691066403e;hpb=77ac48626362abf47a9a6f915fdeea732391f2ba;p=qemu.git diff --git a/CODING_STYLE b/CODING_STYLE index 92036f34b..5ecfa2216 100644 --- 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.