Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add namespace tags that can be used for matching without pinning a ns

[David Howells]

Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > + * init_ns_common - Initialise the common part of a namespace
> 
> Nit: init_ns_common()

Interesting.  The majority of code doesn't put the brackets in.

> I've used lately (e.g. arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/ioctl.c) along the lines:
> 
> * Return:
> * - 0:          Initialization was successful.
> * - -ENOMEM:    Out of memory.

Actually, looking at kernel-doc.rst, this isn't necessarily the recommended
approach as it will much everything into one line, complete with dashes, and
can't handle splitting over lines.  You probably meant:

      * Return:
      * * 0		- OK to runtime suspend the device
      * * -EBUSY	- Device should not be runtime suspended

> * Return:
> * - 0:          Initialization was successful.
> * - -ENOMEM:    Out of memory.
> 
> Looking at the implementation, I guess this is a complete representation of
> what it can return?

It isn't.  It can return at least -ENOSPC as well, but it's awkward detailing
the errors from functions it calls since they can change and then the
description here is wrong.  I'm not sure there's a perfect answer to that.

David