We didn't specify the indent rule for multiline code here, which may misleading users. And in current code, the code use different rules.
Add this rule in CODING_STYLE to make sure this is clear to every one. Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richardw.y...@linux.intel.com> Suggested-by: Igor Mammedov <imamm...@redhat.com> --- CODING_STYLE | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/CODING_STYLE b/CODING_STYLE index ec075dedc4..73f66ca185 100644 --- a/CODING_STYLE +++ b/CODING_STYLE @@ -29,6 +29,32 @@ Spaces of course are superior to tabs because: Do not leave whitespace dangling off the ends of lines. +1.1 Multiline Indent + +There are several places where indent is necessary: + + - struct definition + - if/else + - while/for + - function definition & call + +All the above cases apply the same rule: indent with four spaces. + +While the last three case may face another situation: code should spread into +several lines. In this case the rule is align the new line with first +parentheses. + +For example: + + if (a == 1 && + b == 2) + + while (a == 1 && + b == 2) + + do_something(arg1, arg2 + arg3) + 2. Line width Lines should be 80 characters; try not to make them longer. -- 2.19.1