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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:56:36 -0500
From: Luben Tuikov <luben@splentec.com>
Organization: Splentec Ltd.
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Subject: [PATCH] coding style addendum
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Someone may find this helpful and descriptive of how kernel code
should be developed.

--- linux-2.5.64/Documentation/CodingStyle.orig	2003-03-10 11:23:46.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.5.64/Documentation/CodingStyle	2003-03-10 11:37:18.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Updated: Mon Mar 10 16:34:35 UTC 2003

  		Linux kernel coding style

@@ -264,3 +265,26 @@

  Remember: if another thread can find your data structure, and you don't
  have a reference count on it, you almost certainly have a bug.
+
+
+		Chapter 9: Organization
+
+Writing efficient code is important in both complexity and
+implementation.  In other words your code organization should NOT be
+too complex to understand.  Complexity directly depends on the choice
+of data representation and code organization.  To help you stay in
+line, here are a few guidelines to follow:
+
+      Modularize.
+      Use subroutines.
+      Each subroutine/module should do one thing well.
+      Make sure every module/subroutine hides something.
+      Localize input and output in subroutines.
+
+And the most important:
+
+    Choose the data representation that makes the program simple.
+
+
+			      ----------
+

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