Re: [PATCH] tracing: trace_mmap.h: fix a kernel-doc warning

From: Google

Date: Wed Jan 28 2026 - 02:55:18 EST


On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:25:22 -0800
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Add a description of struct reader to resolve a kernel-doc warning:
>
> Warning: include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h:43 struct member 'reader' not described in 'trace_buffer_meta'
>

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-trace-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> --- linux-next-20260126.orig/include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h
> +++ linux-next-20260126/include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
> * @reader.lost_events: Number of events lost at the time of the reader swap.
> * @reader.id: subbuf ID of the current reader. ID range [0 : @nr_subbufs - 1]
> * @reader.read: Number of bytes read on the reader subbuf.
> + * @reader: The reader composite info structure
> * @flags: Placeholder for now, 0 until new features are supported.
> * @entries: Number of entries in the ring-buffer.
> * @overrun: Number of entries lost in the ring-buffer.
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>