Re: [PATCH net] ethtool: reformat kerneldoc for struct ethtool_fec_stats

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Tue Dec 19 2023 - 21:09:52 EST




On 12/19/23 15:55, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> The kerneldoc comment for struct ethtool_fec_stats attempts to describe the
> "total" and "lanes" fields of the ethtool_fec_stat substructure in a way
> leading to these warnings:
>
> ./include/linux/ethtool.h:424: warning: Excess struct member 'lane' description in 'ethtool_fec_stats'
> ./include/linux/ethtool.h:424: warning: Excess struct member 'total' description in 'ethtool_fec_stats'
>
> Reformat the comment to retain the information while eliminating the
> warnings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> include/linux/ethtool.h | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
> index 689028257fcc..77c7a9ac0ece 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
> @@ -409,8 +409,10 @@ struct ethtool_pause_stats {
> * not entire FEC data blocks. This is a non-standard statistic.
> * Reported to user space as %ETHTOOL_A_FEC_STAT_CORR_BITS.
> *
> - * @lane: per-lane/PCS-instance counts as defined by the standard
> - * @total: error counts for the entire port, for drivers incapable of reporting
> + * For each of the above fields, the two substructure members are:
> + *
> + * - @lanes: per-lane/PCS-instance counts as defined by the standard
> + * - @total: error counts for the entire port, for drivers incapable of reporting
> * per-lane stats
> *
> * Drivers should fill in either only total or per-lane statistics, core

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