Re: Fwd: [PATCH] fs: direct-io: Fixed a Documentation build warn

[Shuah Khan]

On 9/23/19 3:03 PM, Madhuparna Bhowmik wrote:
> Fixed Excess function parameters warning.
> warning: Excess function parameter 'offset' description in
> 'dio_complete'.
> Removed the description of the local variable offset from the
> description for arguments of a function and added it with the
> declaration of the variable.

Change the commit log to say: Fixes instead of Fixed and Removes
instead of Removed.

Also I think what you mean to say is that the this patch removes
offset which isn't an argument to the function from the function
header. Can you rephrase the commit log.

> Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik04@xxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:madhuparnabhowmik04@xxxxxxxxx>>

Why is this a Fwd::

> ---
>  Âfs/direct-io.c | 2 +-
>  Â1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
> index ae196784f487..a9cb770f0bc1 100644
> --- a/fs/direct-io.c
> +++ b/fs/direct-io.c
> @@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ void dio_warn_stale_pagecache(struct file *filp)
>
>  Â/**
>  Â * dio_complete() - called when all DIO BIO I/O has been completed
> - * @offset: the byte offset in the file of the completed operation
>  Â *
>  Â * This drops i_dio_count, lets interested parties know that a DIO 
> operation
>  Â * has completed, and calculates the resulting return code for the 
> operation.
> @@ -255,6 +254,7 @@ void dio_warn_stale_pagecache(struct file *filp)
>  Â */
>  Âstatic ssize_t dio_complete(struct dio *dio, ssize_t ret, unsigned int 
> flags)
>  Â{
> +Â Â Â Â/* offset: the byte offset in the file of the completed operation */
>  Â Â Â Â loff_t offset = dio->iocb->ki_pos;
>  Â Â Â Â ssize_t transferred = 0;
>  Â Â Â Â int err;
> --
> 2.17.1
>
> á
> á

thanks,
-- Shuah