Re: [PATCH v3] ieee80211: Print human-readable disassoc/deauth reason codes

From: Antonio Quartulli
Date: Tue Feb 11 2014 - 11:51:27 EST


On 11/02/14 17:37, Calvin Owens wrote:
> Create a function to return a descriptive string for each reason code,
> and print that in addition to the numeric value in the kernel log. These
> codes are easily found on popular search engines, but one is generally
> not able to access the internet when dealing with wireless connectivity
> issues.
>
> Changes in v2: Refactored array of strings into switch statement.
> Changes in v3: Fix style problem, use simplifying macro for switch
> statement, eliminate temporary enum variable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Calvin Owens <jcalvinowens@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/net/mac80211.h | 10 +++++++++
> net/mac80211/main.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> net/mac80211/mlme.c | 12 +++++------
> 3 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
> index f4ab2fb..d18acfe 100644
> --- a/include/net/mac80211.h
> +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
> @@ -2971,6 +2971,16 @@ struct ieee80211_ops {
> */
> struct ieee80211_hw *ieee80211_alloc_hw(size_t priv_data_len,
> const struct ieee80211_ops *ops);
> +/**
> + * ieee80211_get_reason_code_string - Get human readable reason code
> + *
> + * This function returns a string describing the @reason_code.
> + *
> + * @reason_code: Reason code

Kerneldoc is not properly formatted here.
The "@argument:" clause should be on the line right after the function
name (as explained in Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt), e.g.:

/**
* function_name - blabla
* @arg: I am a good arg description
*


Cheers,

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Antonio Quartulli

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