Re: [PATCH] USB: drop misleading usb_set_intfdata() kernel doc

[Oliver Neukum]

On 12.12.22 11:31, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 11:19:00AM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > On 11.12.22 13:06, Johan Hovold wrote:
> >
> > > Due to a misunderstanding, a redundant and misleading kernel doc comment
> > > for usb_set_intfdata() was recently added which claimed that the driver
> > > data pointer must not be cleared during disconnect before "all actions
> > > [are] completed", which is both imprecise and incorrect.
> >
> > OK, but is that a reason to remove all kerneldoc? Kerneldoc is generally
> > a good thing. And if a pointer is NULLed by driver core, that will need
> > to be in it. IMHO you'd better just remove the questionable part of the
> > kerneldoc.
>
> Yeah, I started off with just rewriting the kernel doc and removing the
> obviously incorrect bits, but then there is essentially nothing left of
> the documentation.

1. that the function exists and its purpose
2. its parameters

most kerneldoc isn't exactly a great revelation. Nevertheless it
serves a purpose.

> A driver does not need to care that the pointer is cleared by driver
> core after the driver is unbound. The driver is gone.

Is that true even with respect to sysfs?

	Regards
		Oliver