linux/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst

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File Notes: Documentation/process/coding-style.rst

Status: reviewed.

Purpose: Linux coding style and maintainability expectations.

Review target: conventions that imply architectural maintainability lessons for a Rust system.

Evidence

• Linux’s coding-style document is a maintainability contract for a large, multi-subsystem C codebase.
• It shapes naming, layout, function structure, comments, and review expectations, which directly affects how subsystem code remains readable.

Design Notes

For Rust and AI-native systems, style rules should cover unsafe blocks, error paths, ownership wrapper names, generated-code boundaries, and reviewer-facing invariants.