[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/6] net/tap: check interface name in kvargs

[Thomas Monjalon]

11/01/2019 20:50, Wiles, Keith:
> 
> > On Jan 11, 2019, at 1:49 PM, Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org> wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, 11 Jan 2019 19:37:00 +0000
> > "Wiles, Keith" <keith.wiles at intel.com> wrote:
> > 
> >>> +/* make sure name is a possible Linux network device name */
> >>> +static bool is_valid_iface(const char *name)  
> >> 
> >> I am sorry, but the function name must be on the next line as per the style. I know you do not like it, but that is what the style states.
> > 
> > I am surprised because most of the DPDK follows kernel style.
> > And in kernel style one line is preferred if line is not too long.
> 
> Last time I looked at the DPDK coding style it is not the case. We do not really follow Linux coding style only started with it and made changes :-(

Not really. The original code style is borrowed from FreeBSD:
	https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=style&sektion=9