Re: kernel-doc comment with anonymous variable in anonymous union?

[Herbert Xu]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 04:12:44PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> kernel-doc reports warning on include/crypto/skcipher.h:
> 
> WARNING: ./include/crypto/skcipher.h:166 struct member 'SKCIPHER_ALG_COMMON' not described in 'skcipher_alg'
> 
> skciper_alg struct is defined as:
> 
> struct skcipher_alg {
> 	int (*setkey)(struct crypto_skcipher *tfm, const u8 *key,
> 	              unsigned int keylen);
> 	int (*encrypt)(struct skcipher_request *req);
> 	int (*decrypt)(struct skcipher_request *req);
> 	int (*export)(struct skcipher_request *req, void *out);
> 	int (*import)(struct skcipher_request *req, const void *in);
> 	int (*init)(struct crypto_skcipher *tfm);
> 	void (*exit)(struct crypto_skcipher *tfm);
> 
> 	unsigned int walksize;
> 
> 	union {
> 		struct SKCIPHER_ALG_COMMON;
> 		struct skcipher_alg_common co;
> 	};
> };
> 
> Note the first member in the union, which is an anonymous (i.e. unnamed) variable.
> 
> What can I do on it? Should the offending member be deleted?

You could either add a comment about SKCIPHER_ALG_COMMON, or
fix up all the code that uses it by adding "co."

Thanks,
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