---
id: "bug-1494"
status: "fixed"
status_updated: "2026-09-24"
status_note: ""
component: "scheduler"
severity: "unknown"
timestamp: "2026-08-04T00:00:00Z"
last_seen: "2026-09-19T09:00:00Z"
occurrences: 1
files: ["src/scheduler/testsuite/test_snapshot_save_load.c"]
tags: ["scheduler-core", "task-8.1", "comment-syntax", "clang-format", "testsuite"]
related: ["bug-1493"]
legacy: true
---

# bug-1494: clang-format -i produced bizarre whole-file +1-space indentation drift (starting right after the…

## Description
clang-format -i produced bizarre whole-file +1-space indentation drift (starting right after the top #include block, persisting to EOF) in a newly-written test_snapshot_save_load.c, with kill_sched_job() alone expanded to multiple lines while identical sibling one-liners stayed collapsed.

## Environment
_Not recorded (migrated from buglog.json)._

## Reproduction
_Not recorded (migrated from buglog.json)._

## Root cause
Same class of bug as bug-1493 (task 7.3): the file's own top-of-file header comment contained the literal substring '(kill_sched_*/plugin_unregister/...)' -- the pointer-star-like '*' immediately followed by '/' prematurely closed the /* */ block comment. Everything after that point was parsed as real C code by clang-format's lexer, which is what produced the indentation drift (a strong diagnostic signal, not just a formatting quirk) -- gcc itself would also have failed to compile this.

## Fix
Reworded 'kill_sched_*/plugin_unregister/sched_worker_release_host_ctx/sched_resolve_job_picker)' to 'kill_sched_* family, plugin_unregister, sched_worker_release_host_ctx, sched_resolve_job_picker)', removing the accidental */ sequence. General lesson (reinforcing bug-1493): a sudden, file-wide clang-format indentation shift starting at a specific line is a strong signal to grep that file for a stray '*/' inside a comment before assuming it's a clang-format config issue -- verified via a small python scanner that walks the file tracking in-comment state and flags any '*/' encountered while not already inside a comment.

## Verification
_Not recorded (migrated from buglog.json)._

## References
- Related: bug-1493