Re: [PATCH] kthread: Fix documentation build warning

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Mon Jul 24 2017 - 17:24:59 EST


On 07/24/2017 12:59 PM, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> The kerneldoc comment for kthread_create() had an incorrect argument name,
> leading to a warning in the docs build. Correct it, and make one more
> small step toward a warning-free build.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/kthread.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
> index 4fec8b775895..82e197eeac91 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kthread.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
> * @threadfn: the function to run in the thread
> * @data: data pointer for @threadfn()
> * @namefmt: printf-style format string for the thread name
> - * @...: arguments for @namefmt.
> + * @arg...: arguments for @namefmt.
> *

Hm, Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst says:
If a function parameter is ``...`` (varargs), it should be listed
in kernel-doc notation as: ``@...:``.

but the patch here is for a macro, not a function.
Does that make a difference?

> * This macro will create a kthread on the current node, leaving it in
> * the stopped state. This is just a helper for kthread_create_on_node();
>


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~Randy