Re: [PATCH] mm/gup.c: Updating the documentation

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:23:50 +0530 Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch is an attempt to update the documentation.
> 
> * Adding / removing extra * based on type of function
> static / global.

I don't think so, unless this is a new kerneldoc convention?

> --- a/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/mm/gup.c
> @@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ static struct page *follow_p4d_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  	return follow_pud_mask(vma, address, p4d, flags, ctx);
>  }
>  
> -/**
> +/*
>   * follow_page_mask - look up a page descriptor from a user-virtual address
>   * @vma: vm_area_struct mapping @address
>   * @address: virtual address to look up

/** indicates that the comment is in kerneldoc form, not that it has
static scope?