Re: [PATCH] soc: fsl: guts: fix comment syntax in file

[Randy Dunlap]

On 3/13/21 11:28 PM, Aditya Srivastava wrote:
> The opening comment mark '/**' is used for kernel-doc comments.
> There are certain comments in include/linux/fsl/guts.h which follows this
> syntax, but the content inside does not comply with kernel-doc.
> 
> E.g., opening comment for "Freecale 85xx and 86xx Global Utilties
> register set" follows kernel-doc syntax(i.e., '/**'), but the content
> inside does not comply with any kernel-doc specification (function,
> struct, etc).
> 
> This causes unwelcomed warning from kernel-doc:
> "warning: expecting prototype for Freecale 85xx and 86xx Global Utilties register set(). Prototype was for __FSL_GUTS_H__() instead"
> 
> Replace all such comment occurrences with general comment format,
> i.e. '/*' to pervent kernel-doc from parsing these.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

> ---
> * Applies perfectly on next-20210312
> 
>  include/linux/fsl/guts.h | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/fsl/guts.h b/include/linux/fsl/guts.h
> index 0ac27b233f12..fdb55ca47a4f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fsl/guts.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fsl/guts.h
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
> -/**
> +/*
>   * Freecale 85xx and 86xx Global Utilties register set
>   *
>   * Authors: Jeff Brown
> @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
>  #include <linux/types.h>
>  #include <linux/io.h>
>  
> -/**
> +/*
>   * Global Utility Registers.
>   *
>   * Not all registers defined in this structure are available on all chips, so
> 


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~Randy