Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] lib: remove "extern" keyword for functions from header files

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>]

2016-01-28 10:11, Ferruh Yigit:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 07:05:52PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 2016-01-25 10:01, Ferruh Yigit:
> > > Remove "extern" keywords in header files, the ones for function
> > > prototypes
> > 
> > I've seen a lot of other extern keywords. Why not removing all?
> > 
> Remaining one are Linux drivers in KNI, they are kind of internal headers, I doubt on touching them.
> Should I remove them all?
> Also there are more usage in "drivers" folder, I am not sure touching them too, what do you comment?
> 
> > > -extern int rte_eth_dev_configure(uint8_t port_id,
> > > -				 uint16_t nb_rx_queue,
> > > -				 uint16_t nb_tx_queue,
> > > -				 const struct rte_eth_conf *eth_conf);
> > > +int rte_eth_dev_configure(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t nb_rx_queue,
> > > +			  uint16_t nb_tx_queue,
> > > +			  const struct rte_eth_conf *eth_conf);
> > 
> > The indent is weird.
> > Why not follow the guideline with 2 tabs?
> > http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-2.2/contributing/coding_style.html#c-indentation
> 
> Intentionally kept them as original, to scope the patch just to remove a keyword.
> Do you want me fix the syntax wherever I touch for this patch?

Syntax? Do you mean to fix the indent?
Yes I think it is a good practice to fix the indent when modifying some code.