Re: Trailing periods in kernel messages

[Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>]

> I missed the context on this one.  So this is checking for periods at
> the end of messages for printk's.  We would need something a little
> cleverer to ensure we are only checking the contents of the string.  But
> eminently doable.
> 
> /me plays
> 
> Ok, yes this seems ok.  Have added it for 0.13.

Please remove it.

The kernel printk messages are sentences. English language sentences end
with a full stop. They are messages printed up for normal human beings to
read and they should therefore be properly written.

In fact you should warn if it ends with a newline without a full stop
unless the next line is continuation of quoted text because that suggests
a full stop has been missed out incorrectly.

Alan
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