Re: [PATCH v2] mm/swap.c: make functions and their kernel-doc agree
From: Michal Hocko
Date: Tue Jan 30 2018 - 07:34:08 EST
On Mon 29-01-18 16:43:55, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Fix some basic kernel-doc notation in mm/swap.c:
> - for function lru_cache_add_anon(), make its kernel-doc function name
> match its function name and change colon to hyphen following the
> function name
This is pretty much an internal function to the MM. It shouldn't have
any external callers. Why do we need a kernel doc at all?
> - for function pagevec_lookup_entries(), change the function parameter
> name from nr_pages to nr_entries since that is more descriptive of
> what the parameter actually is and then it matches the kernel-doc
> comments also
I know what is nr_pages because I do expect pages to be returned. What
are entries? Can it be something different from pages?
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs