Re: [PATCH 6/6] tick: add a missing dot in prink

[Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>]

Li Zefan wrote:
> Add a missing '.' in prink information.
> -			printk(" no tick device\n");
> +			printk(" no tick device.\n");

I wonder if that is correct. CodingStyle says:
                Chapter 13: Printing kernel messages
   [...]
   Kernel messages do not have to be terminated with a period.

I personally think that rule could be made a bit stricter as for example
dmesg output currently looks fairly inconsistent with some messages
terminated with a period while most messages are not and have been wondering
if I should file patches to _remove_ periods.

Maybe the rule should be changed to:
   Kernel messages should not be terminated with a period, unless a single
   message contains multiple sentences.
?

Cheers,
FJP
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