Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: vexpress/spc: Fix doxygen comments

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Tue Apr 05 2022 - 19:26:38 EST




On 4/5/22 07:08, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> Hi Randy,
>
> On Mon, Apr 04, 2022 at 05:21:39PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> Hi--
>>
>> On 4/4/22 06:02, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>>> Kbuild bot reported the following doxygen build warning:
>>>
>>> | arch/arm/mach-versatile/spc.c:231: warning: This comment starts with
>>> | '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment.
>>> | Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
>>> | * ve_spc_cpu_in_wfi(u32 cpu, u32 cluster)
>>>
>>> Fix the issue by dropping the parameters specified in the kernel doc.
>>>
>>> Cc: Liviu Dudau <liviu.dudau@xxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@xxxxxxx>
>>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/202204031026.4ogKxt89-lkp@xxxxxxxxx
>>> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> arch/arm/mach-vexpress/spc.c | 2 +-
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/spc.c b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/spc.c
>>> index 1c6500c4e6a1..8f99d47d4b89 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/spc.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/spc.c
>>> @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static u32 standbywfi_cpu_mask(u32 cpu, u32 cluster)
>>> }
>>>
>>> /**
>>> - * ve_spc_cpu_in_wfi(u32 cpu, u32 cluster)
>>> + * ve_spc_cpu_in_wfi()
>>
>> This line still needs a "function short description," e.g.
>>
>> + * ve_spc_cpu_in_wfi() - fooble the barfloppity
>>
>> similar to what you did in patch 2/2.
>
> I did this intentionally, I can move only this from the other patch.
> Since I saw few others w/o description, I addressed all at once in the
> second patch and just remove warning reported in this patch. I am fine
> either way.

Oh, my bad. I didn't notice that it was the same function in
both patches.
So no problem there.

>>
>>> *
>>> * @cpu: mpidr[7:0] bitfield describing CPU affinity level within cluster
>>> * @cluster: mpidr[15:8] bitfield describing cluster affinity level
>>
>> and I would s/doxygen/kernel-doc/ for both patches.
>>
>
> Sure will do.
>

thanks.
--
~Randy