Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] staging: rtl8723bs: format comments

From: Greg KH
Date: Sat Feb 15 2025 - 11:57:01 EST


On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 01:22:54AM -0800, Ian To wrote:
> Some comments were not formatted correctly. Reported by checkpatch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ian To <onlyian4981@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_security.c | 92 +++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_security.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_security.c
> index 1e9eff01b1aa..f4556ae54352 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_security.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_security.c
> @@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ const char *security_type_str(u8 value)
> /* WEP related ===== */
>
> /*
> - Need to consider the fragment situation
> -*/
> + * Need to consider the fragment situation
> + */
> void rtw_wep_encrypt(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *pxmitframe)
> -{ /* exclude ICV */
> +{
> union {
> __le32 f0;
> unsigned char f1[4];
> @@ -342,23 +342,23 @@ static const unsigned short Sbox1[2][256] = { /* Sbox for hash (can be in R
> }
> };
>
> - /*
> -**********************************************************************
> -* Routine: Phase 1 -- generate P1K, given TA, TK, IV32
> -*
> -* Inputs:
> -* tk[] = temporal key [128 bits]
> -* ta[] = transmitter's MAC address [ 48 bits]
> -* iv32 = upper 32 bits of IV [ 32 bits]
> -* Output:
> -* p1k[] = Phase 1 key [ 80 bits]
> -*
> -* Note:
> -* This function only needs to be called every 2**16 packets,
> -* although in theory it could be called every packet.
> -*
> -**********************************************************************
> -*/
> +/*
> + **********************************************************************

Why the long line of **** ?

That should not be needed.

> -/**
> +/*

Why are you removing kerneldoc comment style?

> * omac1_aes_128_vector - One-Key CBC MAC (OMAC1) hash with AES-128
> * @key: 128-bit key for the hash operation
> * @num_elem: Number of elements in the data vector
> @@ -1530,7 +1529,7 @@ static int omac1_aes_128_vector(u8 *key, size_t num_elem,
> return 0;
> }
>
> -/**
> +/*

Same here?

thanks,

greg k-h