Re: [PATCH 05/41] rtl8192cu: trx: Demote clear abuse of kernel-doc format

From: Larry Finger
Date: Mon Nov 02 2020 - 11:50:53 EST


On 11/2/20 5:23 AM, Lee Jones wrote:
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s):

drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c:455: warning: Function parameter or member 'txdesc' not described in '_rtl_tx_desc_checksum'

Cc: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c
index 1ad0cf37f60bb..87f959d5d861d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ static void _rtl_fill_usb_tx_desc(__le32 *txdesc)
set_tx_desc_first_seg(txdesc, 1);
}
-/**
+/*
* For HW recovery information
*/
static void _rtl_tx_desc_checksum(__le32 *txdesc)


Did you check this patch with checkpatch.pl? I think you substituted one warning for another. The wireless-testing trees previously did not accept a bare "/*", which is why "/**" was present.

This particular instance should have
/* For HW recovery information */
as the comment.

Larry