Re: [PATCH v3] kernel-doc: rename the kernel-doc directive 'functions' to 'identifiers'

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Thu Nov 07 2019 - 14:56:01 EST


On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 21:52:45 +0800
Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The 'functions' directive is not only for functions, but also works for
> structs/unions. So the name is misleading. This patch renames it to
> 'identifiers', which specific the functions/types to be included in
> documentation. We keep the old name as an alias of the new one before
> all documentation are updated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> v2:
> o use 'identifiers' as the new directive name.

It would have been nice to update that last text for v3 ... but the patch
looks better, so I've gone ahead and applied it, thanks.

jon