Re: [PATCH RESUBMIT 1/2] fs/seq_file: Create new function seq_open_init()

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Sep 25 2014 - 14:07:37 EST


On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:54:40 +0100 Rob Jones <rob.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 25/09/14 18:50, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 10:10:05 +0100 Rob Jones <rob.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>> A global exported-to-modules interface should be documented, please.
> >>> Especially when it has a void* argument. seq_file.c is patchy - some
> >>> of it is documented, some of it uses the read-programmers-mind
> >>> approach.
> >>
> >> I have included documentation as the second patch. Would it have been
> >> better to include them in a single patch? I didn't do that because
> >> seq_file and Documentation have different maintainers. I'm still
> >> learning the protocols here.
> >
> > A single patch would be OK.
> >
> > Documentation/ is nice, but I don't think people think to look there.
> > Some kerneldoc within the .c would be a good addition.
>
> Now is a good time, can you point me at an instance of good practice of
> this?

Search fs/seq_file.c for "^/**"?
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