Re: [PATCH] of: fix htmldocs build warning

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Thu Mar 09 2023 - 23:53:08 EST




On 3/9/23 16:32, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>
> Fix this htmldoc build warning:
>
> include/linux/of.h:115: warning: cannot understand function prototype: 'const struct kobj_type of_node_ktype; '
>
> Reported by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 39459ce717b8 ("of: dynamic: add lifecycle docbook info to node creation functions")
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks.

After this patch, there is another warning for this function:

../include/linux/of.h:118: warning: Excess function parameter 'phandle_name' description in 'of_node_init'

> ---
> include/linux/of.h | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> This is actually untested, but seems pretty straight forward.
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
> index 0af611307db2..814d33f3835a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/of.h
> +++ b/include/linux/of.h
> @@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ struct of_reconfig_data {
> struct property *old_prop;
> };
>
> +extern const struct kobj_type of_node_ktype;
> +extern const struct fwnode_operations of_fwnode_ops;
> +
> /**
> * of_node_init - initialize a devicetree node
> * @node: Pointer to device node that has been created by kzalloc()
> @@ -111,9 +114,6 @@ struct of_reconfig_data {
> * whether to free the memory will be done by node->release(), which is
> * of_node_release().
> */
> -/* initialize a node */
> -extern const struct kobj_type of_node_ktype;
> -extern const struct fwnode_operations of_fwnode_ops;
> static inline void of_node_init(struct device_node *node)
> {
> #if defined(CONFIG_OF_KOBJ)

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~Randy