Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] gpiolib: Update the kernel documentation - add Return sections

[Randy Dunlap]

Hi,

On 4/5/24 8:27 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 09:10:09PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 4/4/24 2:27 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>> $ scripts/kernel-doc -v -none -Wall drivers/gpio/gpiolib* 2>&1 | grep -w warning | wc -l
>>> 67
>>>
>>> Fix these by adding Return sections. While at it, make sure all of
>>> Return sections use the same style.
> 
> ...
> 
>> I would use %true, %false, %NULL, %0, and %1 in a few places.
> 
> Why? I specifically removed % from all of them, it's not so useful.
> Do we have, btw, generated HTML with these % as an example to see
> the difference. Maybe that helps to understand this better?
> 

The leading '%' just changes the font style of constants.
I don't know of any HTML that compares them.

>> s/error-code/error code/
>> or
>> s/error-code/errno/
>>
>> I would s/active-low/active low/
>>
>> or it can just be merged as is. It's a nice improvement.
> 
> That's what I prefer as any of your comments may touch other parts of the
> documentation and need to be aligned across all comments, which is out scope of
> this patch.

My comments just refer to your patched lines.

> 
>> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Thank you!
> 

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#Randy