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+# LTTng-UST Coding Style
+
+The coding style used for this project follows the Linux kernel
+guide lines. Please refer to:
+
+- Linux kernel Documentation/CodingStyle document for details,
+- Linux kernel scripts/checkpatch.pl for a script which verify the patch
+ coding style.
+
+Mathieu Desnoyers, May 30, 2012